Thursday 30 September 2010

Artificial Leaf Generates Electricity

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Artificial Leaf Generates Electricity

Sometimes nature is made to imitate art in startling ways. Consider the tree cathedral in Bergamo, Italy: 1,800 fir poles lashed together with chestnut and hazel branches to create a cathedral with five aisles. Eventually, 42 beeches will grow inside the startling mountainside structure designed by the late environmental artist Giuliano Mauri to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity.

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Leaves -- your future energy provider? (Comstock/ThinkStock.com)

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