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Bacteria Used to Create Nanowires

Posted by timothy on from the high-tech-beekeeping dept.

FnH writes "Derek Lovley and his colleagues of the University of Massachusetts discovered that the Geobacter bacteria is capable of producing nanowires. The bacteria is normally used to clean up toxic waste. Geobacter does not use oxygen, but metal as its source for power. This probably explains the 3nm to 5nm nanowires it excretes while working. What metal the nanowires are made of is not yet known, but the genetic code responsible for their creation is. This opens up the possibility of modifying the bacteria to create nanowires on chips."

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  1. For once by malkavian · · Score: 3, Funny

    people would be quite correct in saying that the wiring inside their device was crap!

  2. Oh, crap by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Funny

    This probably explains the 3nm to 5nm nanowires it excretes while working.
    So... the next generation of electronics is going to be made of shit?

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  3. Re:Possible cyberjack material? by SlashEdsDoYourJobs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, if the editors can dupe, why not you?

  4. Bacteria making wires?! by Dubpal · · Score: 5, Funny
    Don't these scientists read the news!? Wires are sooo twentieth century.
    Wake me up when they finally find bacteria that use Bluetooth.

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  5. I was fired from this project... by vudufixit · · Score: 3, Funny

    For bringing penicillin to work! I had strep! WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD???