Solar panels that capture every photon across the light spectrum, even subpar photons like the kind that rain down on cloudy Auld Reekie.

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Overall efficiency of the system is extremely low currently, thanks to a low concentration of those photon-catching structures, but individually they capture about 40 percent of the light's energy, meaning a higher concentration could make for very hearty soup indeed.

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