Hornet Shells Harvest Solar Energy
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 7, 2011 — Physicists have demonstrated how the Oriental hornet takes the sun’s energy and converts it into electric power, in particular the brown and yellow stripes on the hornet’s abdomen, which absorb solar radiation. "The interesting thing here is that a living biological creature does a thing like that," said physicist David Bergman, professor at Tel Aviv University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, who was part of the team that made discovery. "The hornet may have discovered...