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Over ten years ago researchers studied microbial fuel cells MFCs. These are cells that use microbes to produce electricity. Microbes as part of their metabolisms split molecules and out of this split electrons are mobilised. Since then several progresses have been made and the first practical applications are now being considered …

Living beings are amazing builders: they build themselves in many ways, mixing organic and inorganic substances to create constructions that are extremely well suited to fit and operate in a given environment. More than that: they do that using very little energy, far less than what we would use with …

Over the years I posted a number of news on “labs on a chip”, that is the creation of diagnostic chips that can detect viruses and bacteria. These are particularly useful in areas where it is very difficult to reach a diagnostic lab and quite significant progress was made in …

Sensors technologies – part 2 The direct or indirect use of living cells and their manipulating to acquire specific characteristics has led to the creation of sensors leveraging on living material like bacteria and algae.  As an example blue-green algae are being used for sensing the presence of contaminant in …