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Cheese, among other organic material, may power the future since sugars like lactose can be fed to bacteria cultures inside of full cells to generate electricity; the Economist wheys in.

Cheese, among other organic material, may power the future since sugars like lactose can be fed to bacteria cultures inside of full cells to generate electricity; the Economist wheys in. “One of the biggest obstacles is a lack of investment to develop materials that would work with this kind of fuel cell. As things stand, researchers like Dr Antononpoulou and Dr Melhuish have to use electrodes designed with traditional fuel cells in mind.”


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