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If I'm not mistaken it's not like just-now new, but of course still fascinating and relatively new. Just from a quick search: https://www.newscientist.com/arti
by devindotcom 10y ago
If I'm not mistaken it's not like just-now new, but of course still fascinating and relatively new. Just from a quick search:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25894-meet-the-electric-life-forms-that-live-on-pure-energy https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25894-meet-the-electr...
- hcs 10y agoPart of the article is about a 2015 discovery showing that at least some organisms appearing to directly ingest electrons are actually emitting enzymes that grab an electron and a proton from the environment, then consuming the resulting hydrogen (search for Spormann). The article also mentions that there is evidence for direct electron transfer, but it is yet unpublished.