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Use light switches to control the cell
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Use light switches to control the cell

A team of scientists led by Ernst Bamberg at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics in Germany has developed light switches that use light pulses to control the cells.…

December 11, 2018
New electricity generator from the ocean
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New electricity generator from the ocean

Inspired by the movement of algae at the bottom of the ocean, Australian scientists have come up with the idea of designing biogas generators that use the thrust of wate…

December 11, 2018
3D Bio Cars for the future
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3D Bio Cars for the future

The design team at Emergent in Los Angeles has developed a prototype car made up of a cartilage-like blend and a car that can produce bio-fuel from bio-algae.

December 11, 2018
Robot cleaning pool
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Robot cleaning pool

This robot can replace scourers at a depth of 3 m of the pool; clean dirt, moss, algae stuck on the floor, slots and edge of the lake and all kinds of garbage ...

December 11, 2018
'Racing' turns algae into automobile fuels
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'Racing' turns algae into automobile fuels

Scientists around the world are trying to extract algae oil, which is available in organic form and much cheaper than large-scale petroleum to provide motor vehicles ...

December 11, 2018
New opportunities in making hydrogen
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New opportunities in making hydrogen

Photosynthesis produces the food that we consume and the oxygen that we breathe, does it help solve future energy needs by creating clean burning hydrogen?

December 11, 2018