Gene-engineered viruses build a better battery
Date: 9.4.2009
Researchers who have trained a tiny **virus** to do their bidding said on Thursday they made it build a more **efficient** and powerful **lithium battery**.
They changed two **genes** in the virus, called M13, and got it to do two things: build a shell made out of a compound called iron phosphate, and then attach to a carbon **nanotube** to make a powerful and tiny electrode.
"Reuters":[ http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKTRE5317A120090402]
