Bacterial enzyme eats hydrogen, makes electricity

Bill Statler

US, Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:15:03 -0800

Too early to know whether this will have direct practical applications, but it's cool basic research, and you never know where basic research will take us.

Soh Kam Yung wrote the following post Thu, 09 Mar 2023 01:12:47 -0800

Fascinating.

"We have isolated an enzyme that enables some bacteria to consume hydrogen and extract energy from it, and found it can produce an electric current directly when exposed to even minute amounts of hydrogen.

As we report in a new paper in Nature, the enzyme may have considerable potential to power small, sustainable air-powered devices in future."

https://theconversation.com/electricity-from-thin-air-an-enzyme-from-bacteria-can-extract-energy-from-hydrogen-in-the-atmosphere-200432

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