All life hums with electricity, from our heartbeats to the electrons that flow to the oxygen we breathe.But some bacteria are electricians par excellence, generating electric currents in the soil and water.In this podcast, I talk to microbe-electricity expertJeff Gralnick of the University of Minnesota about the biology behind these currents, and how engineers may be able to harness it to power technology.
At Meet the Scientist, we want to reveal more about scientists, the work they do, and what makes them tick. We?ll ask them what they?re up to now and what?s next. How is the science moving forward to solve some of the intractable problems of our times? What keeps them going in a tough, competitive field? What do they see for the future of research, education, and training? We hope to show you a glimpse of what scientists are really like and what?s going on in cutting-edge research today.