Virus Power

Scientists have developed an electric generator that uses viruses to convert mechanical energy into electricity. To achieve this, they first had to boost the voltage that the M13 bacteriophage virus, which they already knew had some piezoelectric potential, could generate. Once they had done this, they attached a multilayered film of the virus to an electrode and found that tapping the electrode generated enough electricity to power a small LCD screen. Someday, similar devices could be used to

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