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An Engineered Virus Makes Electricity

May 15, 2012 | 2 Comments

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity using the piezoelectric effect, creating a new way to generate electric power. The milestone could lead to tiny devices that harvest electrical energy from the vibrations of everyday tasks, something that could […]

Jul

16

Breakthrough Hydrogen Production Powered by Sunlight

July 16, 2010 | 6 Comments

MIT scientists led by the prolific Angela Belcher have developed a system that mimics the oxidation of oxygen of the photosynthetic process in plants by engineering M13, a simple and harmless virus, to help splitting water into its two atomic components freeing hydrogen and oxygen powered by sunlight. The MIT team hopes this is the […]

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