'Zombie' cells may outperform live ones as catalysts and conductors

Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 13:00 in Physics & Chemistry

A simple technique uses silica to coat a living cell both inside and outside. The process forms a near-perfect replica of the cell's structure, down to the tiniest organelle. The resulting model, heated, creates nature-sculpted nanotools with components far stronger than when built out of flesh.

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