Publications
Impact of oxygen availability on Escherichia coli metabolism to produce 2,3-butanediol from acetate
Irene Cano, Isabel de la Torre, Jaime Muñoz-Triviño, Miguel G. Acedos, Jorge Barriuso, José L. García Our partners at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have recently published an exciting study exploring how acetate, a byproduct of CO2 capture and biomass pretreatment, can be used as a sustainable carbon source to produce 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO). With this research, they are finding ways to move away from food-based sugars and...
From simulation to reality: experimental analysis of a quantum entanglement simulation with slime molds as bioelectronic components
Markus Schmidt, Günter Seyfried, Uliana Reutina, Zeki Seskir, Eduardo R. Miranda Our partner Biofaction, alongside Zeki Seskir and Eduardo R. Miranda, recently published a study in Frontiers in Soft Matter exploring whether slime mold (Physarum polycephalum) could serve as a biological component to simulate quantum entanglement. The project was built on the premise that if slime mold behaves like a memristor (a resistor that "remembers" its...
Electricity and fertiliser production using microbial fuel cell stacks for possible integration with hydroponics
Dibyojyoty Nath, Ioannis Andrea Ieropoulos Our project partners Dibyojyoty Nath and Ioannis Andrea Ieropoulos from the University of Southampton recently published a paper on how microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can produce electricity and liquid fertiliser directly from raw sewage. By stacking 40 ceramic MFCs into two plastic trays, the researchers processed raw sewage and synthetic urine to generate a dual output. Each MFC unit produced up to 1.02...
Microbial fuel cell centric nutrient rebalancing and recycling from human waste in space missions
Daniela Zertuche Moreno, Aradhana Singh, Dibyojyoty Nath, Ioannis A. Ieropoulos Our Mi-Hy project partners at the University of Southampton have recently published a review article about how microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can be used to recycle human waste to enhance self-sustainability of spacecraft and missions. With this article, they're addressing an important topic that hasn't been properly addressed yet: creating true closed-loop systems for...