Microbial battery: Team uses 'wired microbes' to generate electricity from sewage

Monday, September 16, 2013 - 14:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Engineers at Stanford University have devised a new way to generate electricity from sewage using naturally-occurring "wired microbes" as mini power plants, producing electricity as they digest plant and animal waste.

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