Purple Pokeberries Hold Secret to Affordable Solar Power Worldwide

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 12:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Pokeberries - the weeds that children smash to stain their cheeks purple-red and that Civil War soldiers used to write letters home - could be the key to spreading solar power across the globe, according to researchers at Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials.

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