Monday, March 19, 2012

Snail Power

Clarkson team generates electricity from snails

By CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS
TIMES STAFF WRITER
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012

POTSDAM — The snail, one of nature’s slowpokes, carries its house on its back — but it might also hold the power to fuel a revolution in nanotechnology.

A team of scientists at Clarkson University has developed technology to turn an ordinary snail into a living, moving battery.
[Watertown Times]

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