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Ecologists, material scientists pursue genetics of diatom's elegant, etched casing
Date:1/23/2008

Iron increases primary production by diatoms but our study adds another concern about the efficiency of iron fertilization, Mock says.

Along with helping scientists understand implications for climate change and absorption of carbon dioxide, diatoms can manipulate silica in ways that engineers can only dream about.

University of Wisconsin professor Michael Sussman, the co-corresponding author on the paper, says the new findings will help his group start manipulating the genes responsible for silica production and potentially harness them to produce lines on computer chips. This could vastly increase chip speed because diatoms are capable of producing lines much smaller than current technology allows, he says.


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