A Matter of Structure

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Published August 6, 2009 by gd
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The discovery that butterfly wings have scales that act as tiny solar collectors has led scientists in China and Japan to design a more efficient solar cell that could be used for powering homes, businesses, and other applications in the future.

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Goes quite into detail of the preparation process; interesting related articles are listed.

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Biognosis is a rare synonym for biomimicry, biomimetics, bionics, Bionik (German), bionique (French) and other expressions which describe the process of learning more about how nature copes successfully with diverse challenges and apply these findings to human technology, products, services and processes.

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