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Microbial Fuel Cell Can Clean Sewage While It Generates Electricity

Microbial Fuel Cell Can Clean Sewage While It Generates Electricity

Mar 29 2012 | comment(s)

A device the size of a home washing machine uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity - and also clean up the sewage at the same time. 

Current wastewater treatment technology involves a number of steps designed to separate the solid and liquid components of sewage and clean the wastewater before it is released into a waterway. This often involves settling tanks, macerators that break down larger objects, membranes to filter particles, biological digestion steps and chemicals that kill harmful microbes. One estimate puts their energy use at 2 percent of overall consumption in the U.S.
Graphene: 'Wonder' Material May Revolutionize DNA Sequencing

Graphene: 'Wonder' Material May Revolutionize DNA Sequencing

Mar 27 2012 | comment(s)

In the era of Big Science, it is often assumed that cutting-edge research can't be done cheaply.  Yet even now a piece of tape can lead to a Nobel prize.  Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov  got one that way, for their discovery of graphene, a type of carbon one atom thick but more than 100 times stronger than steel.

Sure, we all know graphene will lead to bendable computer screens and ultralight materials but it turns out graphene may also revolutionize genetic sequencing. 
Beat Superbugs With Viruses

Beat Superbugs With Viruses

Mar 26 2012 | comment(s)

One strategy for tackling hard-to-treat bacterial infections could be viruses that can target and destroy bacteria. The development of such novel therapies is being accelerated in response to growing antibiotic resistance, says Dr David Harper at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin.
One Day, You May Thank Nuclear Power For The Hydrogen Economy

One Day, You May Thank Nuclear Power For The Hydrogen Economy

Mar 26 2012 | comment(s)

We all want fewer dictators getting rich holding the world hostage to the demands of legacy energy systems.  And it can happen, though one anti-science contingent might not like how it gets done.

The hydrogen economy has been ready to start for decades and could begin commercial production of hydrogen in this decade - but, says Dr. Ibrahim Khamis of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, it will take heat from existing nuclear plants to make hydrogen economical.
Made To Order Microbes And The Future Of Food

Made To Order Microbes And The Future Of Food

Mar 26 2012 | comment(s)

At one time,  J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.,  was a maverick outsider, determined to beat Big Science to the human genome and at a lot less cost.  Now he is the ultimate insider, giving a plenary talk at the most recent American Chemical Society meeting.
Megalara Garuda: New King Of Wasps Discovered

Megalara Garuda: New King Of Wasps Discovered

Mar 23 2012 | comment(s)

An expedition to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has led to discovery of a new 'King of Wasps' - 80 years after it was first collected.

Megalara garuda is pitch-black, has an enormous body size, and its males have long, sickle-shaped jaws.  It is one the largest known members of the crabronid subfamily Larrinae.