All electrical infrastructure needs copper to function, and we’re running out of easy-to-access copper. McKinskey predicts the world will need 37 million tonnes by 2031. Microbes that can recover copper from complex ores might be the answer. spectrum.ieee.org/ai-copper?ut

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