Hornet's Outer Shell Can Harvest Solar Power

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110105102725.htm

ScienceDaily (Jan. 6, 2011) — 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.

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