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  2. Oriental hornet - Wikipedia

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    The Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) is a social insect species of the family Vespidae. It can be found in Southwest Asia , Northeast Africa , the island of Madagascar (but no reports have been made of its presence on the island for many years), the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of Southern Europe . [ 2 ]

  3. Xanthopterin - Wikipedia

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    It was suggested, without direct proof, that the Oriental hornet uses xanthopterin as a light-harvesting molecule to transform light into electrical energy, which explains why the insects are more active when light intensity is greater. It remains an active and controversial area of scientific research (Plotkin et al., Naturwissenschaften (2010 ...

  4. Hornet - Wikipedia

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    Asian hornet (V. velutina) (also known as the yellow-legged hornet or Asian predatory wasp) Black hornet (V. dybowskii) Black-bellied hornet (V. basalis) Black shield wasp (V. bicolor) European hornet (V. crabro) (also known as the Old World hornet or brown hornet) Greater banded hornet (V. tropica) Lesser banded hornet (V. affinis) Oriental ...

  5. Electric current - Wikipedia

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    The ampere is an SI base unit and electric current is a base quantity in the International System of Quantities (ISQ). [4]: 15 Electric current is also known as amperage and is measured using a device called an ammeter. [2]: 788 Electric currents create magnetic fields, which are used in motors, generators, inductors, and transformers.

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  7. Telluric current - Wikipedia

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    A telluric current (from Latin tellūs 'earth'), or Earth current, [1] is an electric current that flows underground or through the sea, resulting from natural and human-induced causes. These currents have extremely low frequency and traverse large areas near or at Earth 's surface.

  8. Birkeland current - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of the Birkeland or Field-Aligned Currents and the ionospheric current systems they connect to, Pedersen and Hall currents. [1]A Birkeland current (also known as field-aligned current, FAC) is a set of electrical currents that flow along geomagnetic field lines connecting the Earth's magnetosphere to the Earth's high latitude ionosphere.

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