Imaging electric charge propagating along microbial nanowires
Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
The claim by microbiologist Derek Lovley and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that the microbe Geobacter produces tiny electrical wires, called microbial nanowires, has been mired in controversy for a decade, but the researchers say a new collaborative study provides stronger evidence than ever to support their claims.