Mini ‘solar panels’ help yeast shine at churning out drug ingredients
Covering microbes with light-harvesting semiconductors boosted shikimic acid production
![yeast cell](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/111418_MT_semiconductor_feat-rev.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SEMICONDUCTOR GETUP A yeast cell (magenta) coated in semiconductor nanoparticles (purple), shown in this false-color scanning electron microscopy image, creates useful chemicals better than an uncoated cell does.
Wyss Inst./Harvard Univ.