Scientists Are Now Using Bioengineered Viruses to Grow Better Batteries
Queue the Cyborg Revolution, scientists are using mutated viruses to create a better lithium air battery. Straight from MIT, the battery redesign is the first of its kind – a cathode with improved capacity and life cycle using bioengineered viruses. It’s actually less scary than it sounds.
The engineered viruses, maned M13, are used to grow a spiky, nanowires surface area in lithium-air batteries. They do this by extracting metal from a liquid solution to grow a complex surface capable of durable, electrochemical activities.
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