Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Microbial Energy

Microbes feeding off hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean transform the chimneylike structures (shown here) they inhabit into natural batteries. Credit: NOAA PMELS Vents Program
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/336846/title/Deep-sea_battery_comes_to_light

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