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# [Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria and Einstein's Brain](https://blog.jove.com/scientist-blog/iron-oxidizing-bacteria-and-einsteins-brain)

 Written by [Neal Moawed](https://blog.jove.com/author/neal-moawed) | Jan 30, 2013 5:00:00 AM

Want to impress your friends with knowledge of the most cutting edge scientific research? You're in luck, here is your weekly headlines from across the scientific world:

<https://blog.jove.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/einstein-1-1.png?hsLang=en>Scientists train [iron-oxidizing bacteria to sruvive on electrons](http://scienceblog.com/59397/scientists-trick-iron-eating-bacteria-into-breathing-electrons-instead/#ojiw7VLcY5r7OsKt.16). These special bacteria could potentially be bioengineered to produce fuels from atmospheric CO2 when paired with electric sources like solar panels or wind turbines.

- University of Arizona researchers are studying recently emerging [flies that eat toxic plant matter](http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/flies-give-up-meat-for-toxic-vegetarian-diet/) instead of yeast and microbes. These new flies can help researchers understand how species evolve in a short time frame.
- By generating silicon microbeads, University of Oslo researchers have developed [solar panels that use 95% less silicon](http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/147019-norwegians-trap-sunlight-with-microbeads-produce-solar-cells-that-are-20-times-thinner-cheaper) than industry standard solar cells. By making the cells from 10 micrometer thick spheres, light is manipulated to make the solar harvesting potential equivalent to a cell that is 25 times thicker.
- Albert Einstein is considered one of the smartest men of the 20th century, but was it hard studying or a larger brain that made him understand fundamental laws of the universe. A study from November's issue of Brain implies that [Einstein's cerebral cortex](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=secrets-of-einsteins-brain) dramatically differs from that of a normal person and may have contributed to his insights.
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