Scientists Looking for Cure to Alzheimer's Invent Self-Cleaning Solar Panels

A group of researchers under prof. Ehud Gazit at the Tel Aviv University were looking for a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease when they discovered a new way to get peptides to self-assemble at high-temperatures in a vacuum. The resulting structure, a “peptide forest,” has some interesting physical properties that could make it useful for solar energy. This “peptide forest” is useful in that it repels both water and dust. If solar panels were coated with it, they would be self-cleaning and could produce more clean energy.