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Designers Create Illuminating Art Powered by Goebacter-Generated Electricity

Mila Luleva — Mon, 19 May 2014 18:59:02 +0000

You know a concept is brilliant when even artists want to use it in their special collections and shows. This year, a surprising number of contemporary dance performances and art exhibitions are choreographed and design around renewable energy sources, raising awareness about the importance of protecting the environment, as well as admiring and mitigating climate […]

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Geobacter Bacteria Used to Create Electricity from Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:25 +0000

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst have recently engineered Geobacter metallireducens, a bacterium that can feed with hydrogen and carbon dioxide to produce electricity. “This represents the first result of current production solely on hydrogen,” says Amit Kumar, who worked with Derek Lovely, the scientist who first isolated Geobacter metallireducens 26 years ago, in the Potomac River. […]

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Geobacter Bacteria Cleaning up Nuclear Waste and Generating Electricity

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:45:54 +0000

Some microbes may be able to clean up nuclear waste and at the same time generate electricity. Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have recently discovered how a bacterium called Geobacter can do all that. “Geobacter bacteria are tiny micro-organisms that can play a major role in cleaning up polluted sites around the world,” said Gemma […]

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Microbial Fuel Cell Could Propel Navy Ships for Years, Feeding on Sea Microorganisms

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:35:17 +0000

The microbial fuel cell is meant to use naturally occurring fuels and oxidants in the sea to power ships, replacing batteries and fossil fuels.

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Geobacter Microbe Produces Electricity From Mud and Wastewater

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:04:39 +0000

Derek Lovley, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently experimented with a microbe named "Geobacter", who loves to live in sediments and mud, and whose hairlike filaments can produce electricity from the muddy environment it loves to live in.

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