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Question: What has been the most interesting you have found with your research, and what will it do?
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Asked by anon-276154 to Stephanie, Apple, Manuel on 19 Jan 2021. This question was also asked by anon-279389.Question: What has been the most interesting you have found with your research, and what will it do?
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Michael commented on :
i work on processes, so getting bacteria to make hydrogen, lots of it, and then making electricity, all from bacteria!
Becky commented on :
Hi Edward B – for me it’s the fact that hundreds & thousands of different species of bacteria all work together in order for a process to happen. In my case the bacteria work together to break down food waste into methane. It’s a really really detailed process & if 1 of the types of bacteria stop working then the whole process can change, slow down or stop. Things that can stop the bacteria working are changes is temperature, pH, alkalinity, metal contamination, presence of oxygen etc. Our job is to make sure that all the conditions in the digesters are suitable for all the hundreds of different types of bacteria – not easy at all – but that’s what I get paid to do!
Graham commented on :
Difficult question to answer. The most interesting thing we found out was how quickly the sheep and cattle brought by the first European settlers to Australia destroyed the top soil there. We could see their effects within a year in the growth rings of corals in the Great Barrier Reef. Knowing this helps us to understand how better to manage the environment in future.
Michael commented on :
Tricky question as interesting results can take a long time to actually “do” something, especially in technology.
But as a young, freshly-minted PhD I found out how to describe the properties of an important material, cerium dioxide (used in car catalysts for example) properly. This has lead to over one thousand other scientific papers building on my work and expanded the use of this material in renewable energy