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Electricity-eating bacteria in marine sediments may play role in combating climate change
Scientists isolated new strains of a common marine bacteria from the Trunk River estuary in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. New research shows how these bacteria may have a role in locking away climate-warming carbon dioxide. (Photo: Sandra Brosnahan, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center)
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Global oceans absorb about 25% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. Electricity-eating bacteria known as photoferrotrophs could provide a boost to this essential process, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
Scientists led by Arpita Bose, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, found that bacteria found in brackish sediments can “eat” electricity and, in the process, absorb and lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide. This unusual skill was previously thought to be almost exclusive to freshwate
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): During a recent study, a multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St. Louis developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that is able to turn on and off specific types of neurons in the brain. It can even precisely control motor activity without surgical device implantation.