In Nature, Proteins Sweep up Nanoparticles

Contact: Dan Krotz, (510) 486-4019, [email protected] BERKELEY, CA — Here’s a pollution-control tip from nature: Deep inside a flooded mine in Wisconsin, scientists from several institutions including the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a world in which bacteria emit proteins that sweep up metal nanoparticles into immobile clumps. … Continue reading In Nature, Proteins Sweep up Nanoparticles