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I was reading Biomedical research, where they are growing bacteria to clean up oil spills.The bacteria Would breakdown the Oil into water and other natural gases. Can bacteria be grown in a lab to eat up radioactive waste and break it down into harmless substances, Bacteria is known to be versatile and adapts according to surroundings. Maybe bacterial colonies exposed to radiation source over 100 to 1000 generations over time will develop such mechanisms to shield themselves from Radiation or eat up radioactive matter as a source of energy and break it down into inert substances or make it even more deadly.
(Mind you 100 and 1000 Generations of strains of Bacteria don't take Centuries of research and waiting, It happens in a matter of days as old colonies die and new colonies are per every micro second.)
The applications of such research could be huge.

I)If the Bacteria ends up adapting and eats up Radioactive substance and breaks it into Inert or Natural substances these are some applications on field.:-
1)From cleaning Nuclear fallouts, Nuclear disasters like Fukushima.
2)Make Enemy's nukes a dud by spreading these tiny microbes over their Uranium source or warheads and over time the Bacteria will eat up the Uranium and render the Nuke useless.

II)If the Bacteria shields itself from radiation ,these are the applications from its Research:-

1) Use the Bacteria to find out how it shields itself from Radiation and use that knowledge to create and cure Radiation Sickness and Radiation shielding.

III) If the bacteria becomes even more deadly and after digesting radioactive substance makes even a more potent radioactive or new material these are the Applications from such Research:-

1) We could discover new elements,substances and use such Bacteria to power up Nuclear reactors and use them to refine Uranium,Plutonium etc. instead of the traditional Centrifuges which are huge,take up a lot of space and are easily detectable from the Spy satellites to the world what we are upto. A bacteria in a small ditch will be Unrecognizable, you could literally, make Weapons grade Uranium,Plutonium in your basement.
 
@Aashish any weather reports you can update us on? :rolleyes:

BJP pulls out of alliance with PDP in J&K, CM Mehbooba Mufti resigns


The timing of this move is most curious . Although , relations were strained , there was little to no indication that things have reached breaking point . I'm beginning to suspect some larger game's afoot .

Perhaps the assassination of Shujaat Bukhari was the last straw. In order to prop up a moderate lobby , Delhi seems to be under the impression that the seccesionist lobby needs to be tied down or at worst neutralised. The PDP wouldn't allow such a move while in power. Hence the snapping of ties. Kashmir is in for tough days .
 
@agent47 @niar is @Hellfire and @Aashish coming back or disappeared forever?

Is it just my observation or a lot of members disappeared in mid-March and never logged in again?
Will be back

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@agent47 @niar is @Hellfire and @Aashish coming back or disappeared forever?

Is it just my observation or a lot of members disappeared in mid-March and never logged in again?
Both are busy with real life..... One is back to school... the other is busy in some other stuff..... They will be back after a while
 
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I was reading Biomedical research, where they are growing bacteria to clean up oil spills.The bacteria Would breakdown the Oil into water and other natural gases. Can bacteria be grown in a lab to eat up radioactive waste and break it down into harmless substances, Bacteria is known to be versatile and adapts according to surroundings. Maybe bacterial colonies exposed to radiation source over 100 to 1000 generations over time will develop such mechanisms to shield themselves from Radiation or eat up radioactive matter as a source of energy and break it down into inert substances or make it even more deadly.
(Mind you 100 and 1000 Generations of strains of Bacteria don't take Centuries of research and waiting, It happens in a matter of days as old colonies die and new colonies are per every micro second.)
The applications of such research could be huge.

I)If the Bacteria ends up adapting and eats up Radioactive substance and breaks it into Inert or Natural substances these are some applications on field.:-
1)From cleaning Nuclear fallouts, Nuclear disasters like Fukushima.
2)Make Enemy's nukes a dud by spreading these tiny microbes over their Uranium source or warheads and over time the Bacteria will eat up the Uranium and render the Nuke useless.

II)If the Bacteria shields itself from radiation ,these are the applications from its Research:-

1) Use the Bacteria to find out how it shields itself from Radiation and use that knowledge to create and cure Radiation Sickness and Radiation shielding.

III) If the bacteria becomes even more deadly and after digesting radioactive substance makes even a more potent radioactive or new material these are the Applications from such Research:-

1) We could discover new elements,substances and use such Bacteria to power up Nuclear reactors and use them to refine Uranium,Plutonium etc. instead of the traditional Centrifuges which are huge,take up a lot of space and are easily detectable from the Spy satellites to the world what we are upto. A bacteria in a small ditch will be Unrecognizable, you could literally, make Weapons grade Uranium,Plutonium in your basement.
Interesting, but here we are leveraging not one strain of bacteria but an entire hydrocarbon eating ecosystem which has existed for ever and has evolved since life. Unfortunately engineered superbugs are not that effective in oil cleanup as they compete against that same ecosystem.

For adapting such microbial form for radioactive will be difficult as radioactive material as a source of energy doesn't exist in nature for the reason of it being highly reactive, while hydrocarbons have existed as compounds for ever for them to be harvested as energy by bacteria.

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Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
 
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Interesting, but here we are leveraging not one strain of bacteria but an entire hydrocarbon eating ecosystem which has existed for ever and has evolved since life. Unfortunately engineered superbugs are not that effective in oil cleanup as they compete against that same ecosystem.

For adapting such microbial form for radioactive will be difficult as radioactive material as a source of energy doesn't exist in nature for the reason of it being highly reactive, while hydrocarbons have existed as compounds for ever for them to be harvested as energy by bacteria.

read this
Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
I got a idea in mind!
 
Interesting, but here we are leveraging not one strain of bacteria but an entire hydrocarbon eating ecosystem which has existed for ever and has evolved since life.
I am talking about reward mechanism. I got a lot of things, but once it's out, they will say "We like It""