Via SolveClimate, the latest whiz-bang new gonna-change-the-world solar technology: nanoantennas!

They harvest the sun’s energy even at night! They’re cheap "as inexpensive carpet"! They’re printed on thin, flexible sheets!

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They’re … in a lab somewhere.

Here’s hoping.

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