3 Bugs That Can Teach Us a Lot About Solar Power

The modern solar panel is 
woefully inefficient, converting 24 percent of sunlight's energy into electricity, at best. Mother nature can do much better, owing to 3 billion years of hard-won evolution.

By Zachary Zorich
Jul 26, 2011 5:00 AMJul 12, 2023 5:55 PM

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