Pine cones are pretty smart for things with no brains, enough so that scientists have copied them to create a unique window shading system. The setup blocks sunlight in the summer and lets it through ...

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Pine cones as a model: Researchers at the universities of Stuttgart and Freiburg have developed a new, energy-autonomous facade system that adapts passively to the weather. The journal Nature ...

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As the year comes to a close, we're looking back at the top stories from Solar Power World in 2025. SPW readers were eager to learn more about the One Big ...

Pine cones as a model: Researchers have developed a new, energy-autonomous facade system that adapts passively to the weather. Pine cones as a model: Researchers at the universities of Stuttgart and ...