Showing posts with label uranium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label uranium. Show all posts

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Bacteria Use Radioactive Uranium To Convert Water Molecules To Useable Energy

Researchers from Indiana University Bloomington and eight collaborating institutions report a self-sustaining community of bacteria that live in rocks 2.8 kilometers below Earth's surface and rely on radioactive uranium to convert water molecules to useable
energy.