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Batteries Built by Viruses病毒电池 Putting Plants to Work Listening Device Provides Landslide Early Warning听觉仪器提供早期山崩预警 “Don’t Drink Alone” Gets New Meaning“不要在就餐时间以外饮酒”有了新含义 Life Form Found on Saturns Titan 土卫六上发现了生命迹象Clone Farm克隆农场 Teaching Math, Teaching Anxiety教数学，教焦虑 Too Little for Global Warming全球变暖“缺油” Renewable Energy Sources可再生能源 Forecasting Methods天气预报的方法 Defending the Theory of Evolution1 Still Seems Needed 捍卫进化论仍必要 Small But Wise小而聪明 Ants Have Big Impact on Environment as Ecosystem Engineers蚂蚁作为“生态系统工程师”对环境影响巨大 Listening to BirdsongResearchers Discover Why Humans Began Walking Uprigh研究人员发现人类开始直立行走的原因U.S. Scientists Confirm Water on Mars科学家确认火星上有水 Cell Phones Increase Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalities手机增加交通行人死亡 第三十四篇 Batteries Built by Viruses What do chicken pox，the common cold, the flu，and AIDS have in common? They’re all disease caused by viruses，tiny microorganisms that can pass from person to person．Its no wonder1 that when most people think about viruses, finding ways t0 steer clear of2 viruses is whats on peoples minds． Not everyone runs from the tiny disease carders, though3．In Cambridge, Massachusetts4, scientists have discovered that some viruses can be helpful in an unusual way．They are putting viruses to work, teaching them to build some of the worlds smallest rechargeable batteries． Viruses and batteries may seem like an unusual pair，but theyre not so strange for engineer Angela Belcher，who first came up with5 the idea．At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, she and her collaborators bring together different areas of science in new ways．In the case of the virus-built batteries, the scientists combine what they know about biology, technology and production techniques． Belchers team includes Paula Hammond，who helps put together the tiny batteries, and Yet-Ming Chiang， an expert on how to store energy in the form of a battery．“We’re working on things we traditionally don’t associate with nature．” says Hammond