YALE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: TWO PROTEINS WITHIN BURIED BACTERIA, LACKING OXYGEN, PUMP OUT NANOWIRES, WHICH ESSENTIALLY “EXHALE” ELECTRONS. SCIENTISTS ARE SEEKING TO USE THIS NATURAL ELECTRICAL GRID TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY, NEW BIOFUELS AND EVEN SELF-HEALING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. CREDIT: NIKHIL MALVANKAR/YALE UNIVERSITY A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature’s...
