Physicists discover how the outer shell of a hornet can harvest solar power
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 12:03
in Physics & Chemistry
As every middle-school child knows, in the process of photosynthesis, plants take the sun's energy and convert it to electrical energy. Now a Tel Aviv University team has demonstrated how a member of the animal kingdom, the Oriental hornet, takes the sun's energy and converts it into electric power -- in the brown and yellow parts of its body -- as well.