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Shrinky Dinks, nail polish, and smelly bacteria

Shrinky Dinks, nail polish, and smelly bacteria

Update: 2023-03-29
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With the help of a children’s toy called Shrinky Dinks, carbon-based materials, nail polish, and a certain smelly bacterium, high school students spent the summer in an MIT lab creating electrodes for low-cost microbial fuel cells.


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Shrinky Dinks, nail polish, and smelly bacteria

Shrinky Dinks, nail polish, and smelly bacteria

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