Reaching Out (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Reaching Out

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Bacteria, such as this strain of Shewanella, will under particular environmental conditions sprout nanowires that can shuttle electricity to its neighboring cells. (Top: scanning electron microscopic image; bottom: fluorescence-stained micrograph.)

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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