Africa's energy trilemma requires solutions that are sufficient, affordable, and sustainable amidst growing demand. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) convert organic waste into clean energy, promising rural ...

Somewhere under a patch of ordinary garden soil, billions of bacteria are quietly going about their business eating organic ...

Microbial electrochemical systems (MES) are gaining significant attention for their potential to tackle pressing environmental challenges. By harnessing microorganisms to transfer electrons, MES can ...

From cabbage cores to carbon nanotubes, researchers are rethinking microbial fuel cell anodes to improve biofilm growth, boost electron transfer, and move wastewater-to-energy systems closer to ...

BackgroundWastewater is no longer regarded only as a stream to be treated, but increasingly as a resource from which energy, nutrients, water, and ...

In silico analysis of five industrial microorganisms identifies optimal strains and metabolic engineering strategies for producing 235 valuable chemicals. Climate change and the depletion of fossil ...

Fuel cells are not some novel new technology. In fact, most history books credit the invention of the fuel cell to Welsh chemist and physicist William Grove, who, in the late 1830s and early 1840s, ...