TED Talks

Angela Belcher: Using nature to grow batteries

TV-PG
2011 • E30    Apr 27, 2011    15m
Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, clean hydrogen fuels and record-breaking solar cells. At TEDxCaltech, she shows us how it's done.

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