blinkenlights – with bacteria & arsenic
- Posted by darkeye on February 5th, 2012 filed in related
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Using the same method to create the flashing signs, the researchers engineered a simple bacterial sensor capable of detecting low levels of arsenic. In this biological sensor, decreases in the frequency of the oscillations of the cells’ blinking pattern indicate the presence and amount of the arsenic poison.
- read more in the Physorg.com article
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