New Fuels - Biofuels: Real-life scientific tail of the first “electrified snail”

Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions

English - June 11, 2012 14:00 - 1.3 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Today’s episode announces that the world’s first “electrified snail” implanted with biofuel cells that generate electricity from natural sugar in their bodies. Scientists are describing how these biofuel cells could someday serve as energy for many electronics devices in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.