A team has been able to successfully light an LED bulb using power generated from a chemical garden, a lab-grown structure that mimics forms found near seafloor hydrothermal vents and which are considered to be a possible source of energy for the earliest life forms.
Electricity is best known for operating modern-day devices, but the fundamental process, which is the movement of electrons, is also one of the requirements of life.
Now, a new study demonstrates that power can be generated by naturally occurring seafloor structures known as chemical gardens which are thought to have contributed to this planet’s earliest forms of life.
In fact, the team was able to draw enough energy from one to light an external LED light bulb.
The work revolves around chemical gardens which grow into shapes that resemble plant stal
