Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Magnetic bacteria

  • Magnet-making bacteria may be building biological computers of the future, researchers have said. A team from the UKs University of Leeds and Japans Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have used microbes that eat iron.
  • (BBC News)
  • Bacteria growing on your hard drive right now? That's bad — very bad. But in the future, it could be the basis on which your hard drive — or even your entire computer — is built.
  • (Gizmodo Australia)
  • Tiny magnets form inside magnetic bacteria. Magnet-making bacteria may be building biological computers of the future, researchers have said.
  • (The Daily Star)
  • The magnetic bacteria contain a protein that molds mini compartments for the nanomagnets to be formed in using the cell membrane lipids. Tanaka used a similar protein to make tubes of fat containing quantum dots—biological-based wiring.
  • (ScienceBlog.com)
  • Magnetic bacteria may hold the key for the creation of a new generation of biological computers. The bacteria could be used to create super-fast hard drives.
  • (Digital Journal)
  • Scientists at University of Leeds are using bacteria to create microscopic magnetic plates, and the tiny microbes may help develop smaller computer parts like hard drives and wires that are useful in medicine and warfare.
  • (Mobiledia)
  • The level of cosmic radiation there must be very high, and even the magnetic field of the hypothetical planets On Earth, these creatures from a group of Archean bacteria are found in geothermal sources.
  • (Pravda)
  • "Fluorescent and magnetic paper could be used for security and bank Imagine a wall paper that resists bacteria and could cut down on the spreading of germs from a doctor's office waiting room during cold and flu season.
  • (Forbes)
  • In addition to the findings applying to other birds, they could also apply to bacteria, honeybees, fish, turtles and even a few mammals, such as the blind mole rat. All of these organisms are documented as being able to sense and use the Earths magnetic field.
  • (New Kerala)

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