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University of Cambridge researchers successfully used algae to power a computer chip for six months. The blue-green algae perform photosynthesis and generate a small electrical current that “interacts with an aluminum electrode and is used to power a microprocessor,” according to an official release.
Known as Colour Alchemy, the dye has a formula is that it allows it to react directly to temperature and use different wavelengths of light to emphasize the color. Each color is described by the brand as “holographic” because microprisms in the formula shrink and expand to produce the different shades.