Microbes That Produce Miniature Electrical Wires

anukit writes "Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered a tiny biological structure that is highly electrically conductive. This breakthrough helps describe how microorganisms can clean up groundwater and produce electricity from renewable resources. It may also have applications in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which develops advanced materials and devices in extremely small dimensions."

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I predict

[abulafia]

that the S&M community will find a ton of interesting, uses. And also that everyone else will be distraught everytime Newsweek recycles the topic, and need to Do Something, with exceptions for watching what other people do.

-I heart ubiquitous computing

Re:Possible applications in biological computing?

[5plicer]

Could someone please explain to me why on earth my original post was modded offtopic? I was suggestion an application of this new discovery. That is, creating neurones which could survive in an oxygen deprived environment. Surely this could be useful?