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Angela Belcher: Using nature to grow batteries
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Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, clean hydrogen fuels and record-breaking solar cells. At TEDxCaltech, she shows us how it's done.
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TED.com
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TEDTalks, TEDxCaltech, TED, Talks, DNA, alternative energy, biology, evolution, genetics, nature, virus, 2011
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