{"id":180617,"date":"2024-01-16T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/new-fuel-cell-taps-energy-from-dirt-dwelling-microbes-to-power-sensors"},"modified":"2024-01-16T13:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:35:12","slug":"new-fuel-cell-taps-energy-from-dirt-dwelling-microbes-to-power-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/new-fuel-cell-taps-energy-from-dirt-dwelling-microbes-to-power-sensors","title":{"rendered":"New fuel cell taps energy from dirt-dwelling microbes to power sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-fuel-cell-taps-energy-from-dirt-dwelling-microbes-to-power-sensors2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A newly invented fuel cell taps into naturally present, and ubiquitous microbes in the soil to generate power.<\/p>\n<p>This soil-powered device, about the size of a regular paperback book, offers a viable alternative to batteries in underground sensors used for precision agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Northwestern University highlighted the durability of its robust fuel cell, showcasing its ability to withstand various environmental conditions, including both arid soil and flood-prone areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly invented fuel cell taps into naturally present, and ubiquitous microbes in the soil to generate power. This soil-powered device, about the size of a regular paperback book, offers a viable alternative to batteries in underground sensors used for precision agriculture. Northwestern University highlighted the durability of its robust fuel cell, showcasing its ability [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}