Three years later the siblings of Julia Margaret Siverls, a ccny professor, filed a wrongful death action in New York state court, charging that their 41-year-old sister "was drugged and killed by the Dahn Hak cult" during a training retreat in Sedona.

FORBES: On the Docket

Fortunately for the future of the battery, it turns out its color molecules are also carriers of carbonyl and hydroxyl groups that make it ripe for use as an electrode and that purpurin is far easier to process than other organic materials: "These aromatic systems are electron-rich molecules that easily coordinate with lithium, " said CCNY Professor George John.

ENGADGET: Scientists develop eco battery powered by root-extracted dye