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lo cual permite perpetuar esas reac- en las laderas de los Andes o de la
ciones en el tiempo. Este asombroso Himalaya nos brindarán combustible
hallazgo, patentado por Solís Herrera, para nuestros automóviles?” dice un
brinda una veta totalmente novedosa artículo de Technology Review, del
para la investigación en materia de en- Instituto de Tecnología de Massachus-
ergía reno-vable e inagotable. setts (MIT).
Investigaciones científicas en Las celdillas fotoelectroquími-
otros países tienden a corroborar el cas brindan una opción más viable de
hallazgo de la fotosíntesis, sin que sus captura de la energía producida por la
promotores alcanzan el pleno enten- fotosíntesis con melanina, a tal grado
dimiento del fenómeno que nos revela que ya se plantea su aplicación en situ-
Solís Herrera. Por ejemplo, un equipo aciones de iluminación en México.
de investigadores del Albert Einstein Es previsible que la demanda fu-
College of Medicine, encabezado tura de celdillas fotoelectroquímicas
por la Dra. Ekaterina Dadachova, ha de melanina, con fines de iluminación
estudia-do el desmedido crecimiento y de provisión de energía, pueda llegar
de hongos, en presencia de melanina y a ser arro-lladora. Además, se trata de
radiaciones, en Chernobil. Este hecho una forma de energía compatible con
generó especulación en medios cientí- la búsqueda de formas de combate al
ficos de Estados Unidos acerca de la calentamiento global. El crecimiento
posibilidad de que la fotosíntesis con económico insostenible del mundo
melanina pudiera ser una base para el actual se basa todavía en un consumo
cultivo masivo de hongos que servirían creciente de combustibles fósiles, pero
para producir los biocombustibles del a costa de los ecosistemas del planeta,
futuro. por lo que se requieren soluciones en-
“Esto sugiere que la propia natu- ergéticas radicalmente diferentes. Es
raleza ha producido otro escenario de en este contexto en el que debemos
energía alternativa que es completa- comprender el verdadero potencial de
mente inesperado. (...) ¿Significa que captar el poder de la fotosíntesis con
algún día grandes granjas de hongos melanina.
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