iridium Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Hopes for Solar-Powered Hydrogen by New Virus-Based Artificial Photosynthesis System https://www.greenoptimistic.com/angela-belcher-virus-artificial-photosynthesis-20100412/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/angela-belcher-virus-artificial-photosynthesis-20100412/#respond Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:52:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7338 A team of researchers from the MIT, led by Professor Angela Belcher, used a modified virus as a biological scaffold for assembling the nanoscale components needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The bacterial virus is called "M13", and it's said to be harmless.

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