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Every once in a while I come across something that gives me hope
for our energy future. It cries out, "people are smarter than we
seem." The latest example comes from an article in "Sierra"
magazine.   Jong Bok Kim, a researcher in chemical and
biological engineering at Princeton University, was sitting
outside his office thinking about his research subject. He was
asking, what is the most productive and efficient skin for a
solar cell: pyramids, strips, mirrors? As Kim gazed at a nearby
shrub he realized he was looking at the answer. A leaf is
covered with transparent cells that act like magnifying lenses
and there are millions of ridges that guide the light deeper
into the inner workings of the shrub. When Kim created a solar
skin like a leaf, he discovered it absorbed six times the light
of a flat surface. Did you know how researc