Moontanman Posted April 13, 2010 Report Posted April 13, 2010 Viruses Harnessed to Split Water ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2010) — A team of MIT researchers has found a novel way to mimic the process by which plants use the power of sunlight to split water and make chemical fuel to power their growth. In this case, the team used a modified virus as a kind of biological scaffold that can assemble the nanoscale components needed to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Viruses harnessed to split water Quote
JMJones0424 Posted April 13, 2010 Report Posted April 13, 2010 I am thrilled by the long-term potential for using biological solutions for what was previously strictly mechanical problems. This is an awesome development. Quote
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