New solar cells are showing a path to installing buildings and structures windows with a a flexible, lightweight solar panel covering. “What if engineers could make it easier with a lightweight, clear and flexible solar cell? Traditional solar panels, such as silicon, soak up much of the sun’s light, including visible light, and convert it to energy. A transparent panel allows visible light to shine through, by making the light we can’t see with our eyes–such as ultraviolet and infrared–do the work…” [ Read the story ]