They might never generate the most energy, but the all-carbon cells can remain stable under extreme conditions, meaning they could find their calling in harsh environments where brawn is a little more important than status, or looks.

ENGADGET: Stanford researchers create 'world's first' all-carbon solar cell, do it on the cheap

The prisoners were housed in small, stable units of fewer than ten people in individual cells, to avoid conditions of social chaos and unpredictability.

NEWYORKER: Hellhole

Stereotypes and pigeonholes can, in a stable multiethnic society, act as sanctuaries as much as cells.

NEWYORKER: I, Nephi