Cleaning the Air With Microbes and Magnetic Fields
Microbes are tiny organisms, but when it comes to eating, they have powerful appetites. They even have a taste for harmful stuff. While eating harmful substances, they can help us clean the environment. We can use these hungry microbes to get rid of man-made contaminants present in the air we breathe, such as the pollutants called volatile organic compounds released into the air by certain industries. We can give microbes a boost with a magnetic field, stimulating their appetite and their growth, and thus making them even greater cleaners. Such magnetic fields have lots of helpful applications in our daily lives.
Authors
- Sonia Arriaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4075-4240)
- Aïtor Aizpuru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9212-6513)
- Estheisy López Bello
- Luis Torres
- Camila Ramírez
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers for Young Minds
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2024.1386253
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00