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TECHNICALLY SWEET FUEL
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Scientists develop a fuel cell powered by bacteria that converts sugar into electricity
Before too long, maybe, you won’t bother looking for a power outlet to recharge your dead cellphone battery and instead you’ll go get your sugar bowl. That admittedly far-fetched scenario now seems a little more plausible thanks to scientists who have developed a fuel cell powered by a bacterium that converts sugar into electricity with an 80-plus percent efficiency. Besides providing energy for handheld devices, their microbial fuel cell might also be used to produce electric power on a larger scale from sugars found in waste material—even in sewage in remote communities.
The microbe Rhodoferax ferrireducens can metabolize glucose and other types of
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