{"id":444327,"date":"2010-03-18T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/converting-solar-energy-to-sugars\/14552\/"},"modified":"2010-03-18T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T23:07:00","slug":"tropical-frog-inspires-new-way-to-convert-solar-energy-to-biofuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/444327","title":{"rendered":"Tropical frog inspires new way to convert solar energy to biofuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/frogs-fuel-foam-1.jpg\" alt=\"The artificial photosynthetic material design was inspired by the foam nests of the semi-t...\"><\/p>\n<p>Natural photosynthesis isn&#8217;t as efficient as we would like it to be, and incorporating solar energy of into useful products is the subject for much collective research. 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