Eco Factor: Process to clean wastewater and generate electricity using a modified microbial fuel cell. The world today is facing two major issues, one is the unavailability of energy and the other is the decline in the sources of fresh water....

Eco Factor: Energy scavenging microbes use mud for electricity, ready for use in microbial fuel cells. The latest research conducted at the University of Massachusetts could herald new fuel cell designs that generate electricity from...

Eco Factor: Tiny biological fuel cells being developed at University of Georgia. Researchers at the University of Georgia have succeeded in developing a way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electricity, which could herald a new era...

Though the time when ‘Microbial fuel cells’ will really power our abode is still a dream, scientists believe that the remarkable vision has opened a plethora of options in energy generation. Microbial fuel cells use bacteria to...

We all know that waste water carrying the detritus of human life and society are generally infested with millions of tiny microbes. But, with these microbes, they are not a ‘waste’ in a complete way. They can even solve your worries...

Eco Factor: Ecofriendly bacteria batteries powered by dirt. Scientists at Harvard believe that earth is what is needed to light up homes of some 500 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa, who are desperately waiting to get connected to...