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Energy From Electrogenic Grass Plants

Posted on September 02, 2008

Nicholas Albertini and James Tolar, two physics students from Lawrence University recently came up with an idea for a new renewable energy source. They propose that a plant be developed to generate an electrical current. The most likely base organism, suitable to be genetically engineered for this purpose, seems to be prairie grass (Poaceae stipoideae). Such grasses have the physiology, growth period, growing conditions and reproductive fitness needed for this use. The base organism will need to be genetically recombined with genes from other useful organisms or synthetic genes produced in...

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