The infectious agent can improve the efficiency of its batteries

viruses just stormed the world of consumer electronics. A bit of genetic tweaking and they can make lithium ion batteries more efficient. For researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, this technology is an important breakthrough as it takes their drive for clean-energy technologies to a different level.

Lithium ion batteries are the technology of choice today for consumer electronics, defence, and automotive applications. Although the battery has a long life, it cannot deliver high values of current in a sustained manner and needs to be charged frequently.

Researchers modified one gene of the M13 bacteriophage