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Dates: during 2007-2007
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...generating electricity from seafloor microbes and garbage, which could provide a cheap way for developing countries to power themselves. Peter Girguis, a assistant professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, developed a fuel cell with a grant from the Lindebergh Foundation. These microbes produce extra electrons when they respire anaerobically. Girguis??€™ invention contains electrodes which gather these up, producing enough power to charge an LED lightbulb. One bucket costs about $15 and is estimated to last 15 years...

Author: By Yiming He, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Science News in Brief | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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