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Chinese students sugar-powered battery

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A team of Chinese students have modified E. coli, Shewanella and B. subtilis bacteria to create a microbial fuel cell.  By feeding the bacteria with sugar, the fuel cell can generate up to 80 hours of electrical output.

Produced by Monica Manalo.  Video courtesy of Reuters.

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