Glowing Green Jellyfish Goo Could Power Medical Devices
Photo via wikipedia Thanks to more acidic oceans , jellyfish populations seem to be flourishing. While they aren’t exactly edible for humans, they might be useful for powering nanodevices. Swedish researcher have been turning thousands of Aequorea victoria, a common North American jellyfish species, into liquid and extracting a green fluorescent protein (GFP) that makes the animals glow in the dark to see if it can also he… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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