Scientists Grow Cheap Biodegradable Solar Using Tobacco : TreeHugger
Researchers at UC Berkeley have hacked tobacco plants to grow synthetic photovoltaic cells which can then be extracted and sprayed onto any substrate to create solar cells. How? The scientists tweaked a few genes within the tobacco mosaic virus to build tiny structures called chromophores. Once the plant is sprayed with the virus, the new chromophores will group into tightly coiled formations. Chromophores are structures that turn light into high powered electrons.
Nothing about that is not great, especially the part where it looks like it’s from two hundred years ago.
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feel about this. on...one hand, yay for solar whose production is not prohibitively...
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The real question is: what will this innovation do to our budding SNUS markets..
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*mind blown* amazing.
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Nothing about that...not great, especially...part where it...
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