1.0planet forward//www.getitdoneaz.comnational science foundation//www.getitdoneaz.com/author/nationalsciencefoundation/ rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kmxab9lcrg"><a href="//www.getitdoneaz.com/story/storing-sunlight-as-heat/">storing sunlight as heat</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="//www.getitdoneaz.com/story/storing-sunlight-as-heat/embed/#?secret=kmxab9lcrg" width="600" height="338" title="“storing sunlight as heat” — planet forward" data-secret="kmxab9lcrg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![cdata[ */ /*! this file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.queryselector&&d.addeventlistener&&"undefined"!=typeof url&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveembedmessage||(d.wp.receiveembedmessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-za-z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.queryselectorall('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.queryselectorall('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new regexp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentwindow&&(s.removeattribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseint(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new url(s.getattribute("src")),n=new url(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeelement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addeventlistener("message",d.wp.receiveembedmessage,!1),l.addeventlistener("domcontentloaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.queryselectorall("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getattribute("data-secret"))||(t=math.random().tostring(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setattribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentwindow.postmessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> h. peter vollhardt and collaborators at the university of california, berkeley, have discovered molecules composed of organic material and metal that store sunlight in the form of usable thermal energy. the direct conversion of solar photons (tiny particles of light) to power the planet is one of the most important challenges of this century. although...