“Nanowires break and fracture over time, ” she said.

“米用久了会折断或破裂”。

And in between those crystalline nanowires, Joester and his colleagues discovered a sort of amorphous glue.

而在这些晶状米中，乔斯特尔和同事们发现了一种非固定形状胶质。

But, Thai had a theory: The nanowires might last longer if covered with a gel.

是，如果用胶包裹米，那么它使用寿命可能会变长。

To his surprise, the protein nanowires had created electricity.

令他惊讶是， 蛋白质米产生了电。

He uses nanowires in the electronics he's been designing.

他在他设计电子产品中使用米。

Atop this was a layer of nanowires 7-micrometers thick (that's much thinner than a human hair).

在这上面是一层 7 微米米（比人头发丝薄得多）。

To find out if these might substitute for nanowires, the pair teamed up.

为了找出这些是否可以替代米， 两人作。

Covering the device to keep water out of the nanowires shut off its electricity-making.

覆盖设备以防止水进入米会关闭其发电。

Protein nanowires could make electric power anywhere and at any time of day.

蛋白质米可以随时随地产生电力。

He already has inserted the gene for making nanowires into a faster-growing type of bacteria.

他已经将制造米基因插入到一种生长速度更快细菌中。

Less gathers on the side where the nanowires touch the larger electrode.

较少聚在米接触较大电极一侧。

Key to the system are small spaces between the nanowires, called nanopores.

该系统关键是米之间小空间， 称为米孔。

The nanowires can be tossed out, allowing the protein to break down naturally.

米可以扔掉， 让蛋白质自然分解。

More water collects on the side with the small electrode where the nanowire package contacts the air.

更多水聚在米封装与空气接触小电极一侧。

One limit right now is how to grow enough microbial nanowires quickly.

目前一个限制是如何快速生长足够微生物米。

The assembled flexible and transparent supercapacitor uses oxygen-deficient molybdenum oxide nanowires and cellulose nanofiber composite as paper electrodes, achieving an excellent combination of high transparency and outstanding energy-storage capacity to drive the operation of the sensor.

组装柔性透明超级电容器使用缺氧钼氧化物米和纤维素米纤维复材料作为纸电极，实现了高透明度和出色储能能力优秀组，以驱动传感器操作。