Hippies wouldn't recognize this kind of flower power: roses that can store energy like a battery. There, the molecules link together into a continuous chain, making wires inside the plant. Gabriellson was instrumental in coming up with ETE-S, and Stavrinidou made it work inside the plants. In addition to making plants into capacitors, they’ve also made fuel cells that work inside plants to turn their sugars into energy. When they put those two together, they’ll be able to make and store energy in single plant.

Source: Forbes February 27, 2017 20:01 UTC