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精品文档 精品文档 PAGE 精品文档 BatteriesBuiltbyViruses 病毒电池 PuttingPlantstoWork植物效能 ListeningDeviceProvidesLandslideEarlyWarning 听觉仪器提供早期山崩预警 “Don’tDrinkAlone”GetsNewMeaning“不要在就餐时间以外饮酒”有了新含义 "LifeFormFound"onSaturn'sTitan土卫六上发现了生命迹象CloneFarm克隆农场 TeachingMath,TeachingAnxiety教数学，教焦虑 TooLittleforGlobalWarming全球变暖“缺油” RenewableEnergySources可再生能源 ForecastingMethods天气预报的方法 DefendingtheTheoryofEvolution1StillSeemsNeeded捍卫进化论仍必要SmallButWise小而聪明 AntsHaveBigImpactonEnvironmentas"EcosystemEngineers"蚂蚁作为“生态系统工程师”对 环境影响巨大 ListeningtoBirdsong倾听鸟鸣 ResearchersDiscoverWhyHumansBeganWalkingUprigh研究人员发现人类开始直立行走 的原因 U.S.ScientistsConfirmWateronMars科学家确认火星上有水 CellPhonesIncreaseTraffic,PedestrianFatalities手机增加交通行人死亡 第三十四篇 BatteriesBuiltbyViruses Whatdochickenpox，thecommoncold,theflu，andAIDShaveincommon?They’realldiseasecausedbyviruses，tinymicroorganismsthatcanpassfrompersontoperson．It'snowonder1 thatwhenmostpeoplethinkaboutviruses,findingwayst0steerclearof2virusesiswhat'sonpeople'sminds． Noteveryonerunsfromthetinydiseasecarders,though3．InCambridge,Massachusetts4,scientistshavediscoveredthatsomevirusescanbehelpfulinanunusualway．Theyareputtingvirusestowork,teachingthemtobuildsomeoftheworld'ssmallestrechargeablebatteries． Virusesandbatteriesmayseemlikeanunusualpair，butthey'renotsostrangeforengineerAngelaBelcher，whofirstcameupwith5theidea．AttheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)inCambridge,sheandhercollaboratorsbringtogetherdifferentareasofscienceinnewways．Inthecaseofthevirus-builtbatteries,thescientistscombinewhattheyknowaboutbiology,technologyandproductiontechniques． Belcher'steamincludesPaulaHammond，whohelpsputtogetherthetinybatteries,andYet-MingChiang，anexpertonhowtostoreenergyintheformofabattery．“We’reworkingon thingswetraditionallydon ’tassociate．with”nsaystureHammond． Manybatteriesarealreadyprettysmall．YoucanholdA．CandDbatteries6inyourhand．Thecoin—likebatteriesthatpowerwatchesareoftensmallerthanapenny．However。everyyear，newelectronicdeviceslikepersonalmusicplayersorcellphonesgetsmallerthanth