Bacteria Radio Waves

Apr-28-11 A team of researchers may have figured out how bacteria might be able to generate radio signals.

The study, from a group at Northwestern University, explains the possibility by the fact that the bacteria's DNA form a loop, and the free electrons traveling such a small loop could take specific energy levels. The transition frequencies between the energy levels correspond to radio signals broadcast at 0.5 and 1.5 kilohertz, which is exactly the signal that has been observed in E Coli bacteria.

There has been an ongoing debate as to whether or not bacteria can manufacture radio waves, and, while this study does not prove the theory, it does explain how it could be possible.

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