The Nanopowers of Spinach

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Posted by Zonk on Saturday September 09, 2006 @07:44PM from the i-yam-what-i-yam-and-that's-all-that-i-yam dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Ohio University physicists have used a simple molecule of chlorophyll taken from spinach to develop a complex nanobiological switch. They used a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to image chlorophyll-a and then injected it with a single electron to manipulate the molecule into four positions. The researchers say this biological switch might be used in future applications for green energy, technology and medicine. Read more for additional pictures and references about this spinach-based biological switch."

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I'm psychic... The replies will be... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday September 09, 2006 @07:52PM (#16073222)
- 90% bitching about Roland
- 8% Popeye jokes
- 1.99999% GNAA Trolls
- 0.00001% discussion of article
A biological switch based on spinach... (Score:3, Funny)

by 10100111001 ( 931992 ) writes: on Saturday September 09, 2006 @07:52PM (#16073226)

It could be used to build a robotic popeye.

Green Energy! (Score:4, Funny)

by rolfwind ( 528248 ) writes: on Saturday September 09, 2006 @07:54PM (#16073232)

The researchers say this biological switch might be used in future applications for green energy...

Indeed!

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