Study Shows How Bacteria Could Generate Radio Waves
The "do bacteria generate radio waves?" debate rages on It may not seem something to get bent out of shape over, but there's a scientific controversy that's been brewing over whether or not bacteria generate radio waves. Now a team at Northeastern University thinks they've figured out the mechanism that bacteria might use to manufacture radio signals. The Northeastern study demonstrates how bacterial DNA could be the source of radio signals. The DNA in bacteria often forms a loop, a free electrons moving around that loop could take certain energy levels. The transition frequencies between those energy levels, when modeled, show signals broadcasting at 0.5, 1, and 1.5 kilohertz. Related ArticlesBacteria Colony May Grow Nanowires to Create Giant Living BiogeobatteryBacteria Could Be Engineered to Produce Natural Bio-SunscreenBiostorage Scheme Turns E. Coli Bacteria into Hard DrivesTagsScience, Clay Dillow, bacteria, biology, e coli, environment, health, radio wavesThese frequencies correspond to the published frequencies measured in...