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Hornet Shells Harvest Solar Energy

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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 things we do not yet know." In partnership with the late Professor Jacob Ishay of the university's...Read full article

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    Published: January 2011
    Glossary
    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    solar radiation
    Radiation from the sun that is made up of a very wide range of wavelengths, from the long infrared to the short ultraviolet with its greatest intensity in the visible green at about 5000 Å. The solar radiation the earth receives is more restricted, generally to the visible and near-infrared, as the air strongly absorbs the wavelengths located at either end of the spectrum.
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