New scientist article
Oct. 21st, 2008 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Nuclear powered bacteria have been found in a goldmine. Analysis shows that they get their energy from the radioactive decay of uranium in the surrounding rocks. It extracts carbon from dissolved carbon dioxide and fixes nitrogen, which comes from the surrounding rocks.
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Date: 2008-10-21 02:16 pm (UTC)