http://bill.thomlex.com/taxonomy/term/36/0 en http://bill.thomlex.com/node/76 <p> <img class="imgleft" src="http://www.makezine.com/blog/8202NOTW1synth.jpg" alt="" /> MIT scientists have manipulated genes within viruses, coaxing them to grow and self-assemble &quot;nanowire&quot; structures. These structures can then be used to make very thin lithium-ion batteries.</p> <p>The batteries that could be built using this technology could be the size of a grain of rice.</p> <p><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/miot-mrb040606.php">Link</a></p> http://bill.thomlex.com/node/76#comment Battery Future Nanotechnology Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:26:00 -0400 bill 76 at http://bill.thomlex.com