A team of the Netherlands Institute of Sea Research and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel have discovered a microbial battery in the North Sea off the Coast at Oostende. "By producing electricity, these bacteria extract energy from the sea floor," says prof. Filip Meysman. "It is the first time that such a biological battery has been found in nature. Perhaps, in ten years, a smart phone will be powered by tiny conductive bacterial wires." These bacteria seem to be common all over the world.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday April 02 2014, @11:01AM
As a native English speaker I would advise that I've never heard "people is" used in that way. "The people of France is" sounds like an error to my ears. I'd say "The people of France are only one of several peoples in Europe."
Google offers "my people live in West Virginia" despite listing that sense as singular, so I guess it's one of those exceptions that we all love.