Yale: Hidden Bacterial Hairs Power Nature's 'Electric Grid'
September 02, 2021
September 02, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 2 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release:
A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature's "electric grid," a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates all oxygen-less soil and deep ocean beds, Yale researchers report in the journal Nature.
"The ground beneath our feet, the entire globe, is electrically wired," said Nikhil Malvankar, as . . .
A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature's "electric grid," a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates all oxygen-less soil and deep ocean beds, Yale researchers report in the journal Nature.
"The ground beneath our feet, the entire globe, is electrically wired," said Nikhil Malvankar, as . . .