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 * Name: LaBreya Correa __MP__ 2**

**Title of article: Hornet pigment drives solar cell in lab**


 * Source of article: http://www.sciencenews.org/**


 * Summary of article: There is a possibility that a hornet might be gathering sunlight for energy.It has researchers a buzz. Scientists have constructed an electricity-generating solar cell that makes a pigment from the hornet.A team has reports that say they need “more evidence to link solar input to power output in the living beast.”Experiment show that shining a light on the hornets generated differences across their tough exoskeletons. These suggested that the hornets are maximizing exposure to the sun’s light. Exams of the hornet’s striped path on its backside revealed a microstructure that traps light preventing reflection.Then when researchers take out a yellow pigment from a hornet’s outer shell and plopped it into a solar cell ,The solar cell interestingly squeaked out some electricity. One of the scientist believe that “Virtually everything that’s been engineered in th physics world,turns up in nature.”**

**I liked this article because I like animals that are unique and knowing that this animal uses sunlight for energy kind of makes me think if all animals and humans used sunlight would the world change? That’s a question the scientist should look into.**

**Two science words I learned are:**


 * exoskeleton: The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal**


 * diatom: microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial algae having cell walls impregnated with silica**