Tuesday, December 7, 2010

A Surprising Discovery: Oriental Hornets Capture Energy from Sun

      Whose ever think that this little creature is very amazing, it names is Oriental Hornets (Vespa orientalis). Based on new research, it has developed their body in such away so it can absorb light from solar, capture it, and used it as their life energy.

Oriental Hornets (Vespa Orientalis). Click the image to enlarge.
      No one knows before it, why this creature is always being very active at the highest intensity bright of sun. Now the scientist find out the answer and write it on journal Naturwissenschaften
      
      It said that solar radiation passes through it's epicuticle, which exhibits a grating-like structure, and continues to pass through layers of the exo-endocuticle until it is absorbed by the pigment called xanthopterin. This pigment  serves as a light harvesting molecule.

      This will be great discovery as it provides us to learns how to gather and using the endless energy of solar more effectively. Because you know what, that the energy becomes a main problem in a future, so many time we think and create a device to collect alternative energy from a ray of sun but we can't provide it as a  long term permanent energy. But now God reveal the way to us, and the answer is not far beyond the nature.

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