Bacteria: Energy Producers of the Future
Environmental engineer Bruce Logan is working on ways to turn wastewater into energy. Most treatment plants already use bacteria to break down the organic waste in the water. With support from the National Science Foundation, Logan and his team at Penn State University are taking the idea a step further. They are developing microbial fuel cells to channel the bacteria's hard work into energy.
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