When you merge biology with technology, you get… the bionic mushroom! Manu Mannoor from the Stevens Institute of Technology coupled the photosynthetic ability of cyanobacteria with the electroconductivity of graphene.
https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/energy/the-bionic-mushroom
It’s a long-time scientific dream come true: “A chemistry professor in Florida has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.”
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uocf-siw042517.php
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