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Curiosity WeeklyBacterial Electric Grid, Females Fight Back, Why Tea Leaves SinkLearn about a bacterial electric grid; traits females have evolved to avoid harassment; and why tea leaves sink.
There's a bacterial electric grid beneath our feet by Grant Currin
Hidden bacterial hairs power nature’s “electric grid.” (2021, September). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/927031
Gu, Y., Srikanth, V., Salazar-Morales, A. I., Jain, R., O’Brien, J. P., Yi, S. M., Soni, R. K., Samatey, F. A., Yalcin, S. E., & Malvankar, N. S. (2021). Structure of Geobacter pili reveals secretory rather than nanowire behaviour. Nature, 597(7876), 430–434. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03857-w
Specktor, B. (2020, September 18). Scientists find “secret molecule” that allows bacteria to exhale electric...2021-10-1313 min