Bacteria can grow optically-active tellurium nano-rods, according to the University of Houston. Optoelectronic and photonic devices could benefit. The current discovery grew out of 30 years of basic research, stemming from an initial discovery of selenite-respiring bacteria that form discrete packets of elemental selenium. “From there, it was a step down the periodic table to ...

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