Scientist Invents Potato That Could Warn Us About Nuclear Leaks
Gamma radiation can cause damage to living tissue and DNA, particularly at high levels of exposure.
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Gamma radiation can cause damage to living tissue and DNA, particularly at high levels of exposure.
A researcher has developed a bioengineered potato plant that can detect potentially harmful levels of gamma radiation. Rob Sears, a Ph.D. student at the…
(KNOXVILLE) In a world when today's technology was science fiction in the not too distant past, the University of Tennessee's Department of Agriculture has developed a plant that detects gamma radiation, providing reliable indications of harmful radiation levels without complex monitoring technologies. Believe it or not--it's a "potato plant"! PhD student Rob Sears engineered the plant, also known as a phytosensor, to indicate high radiation levels through changing leaf fluorescence. When expos ...
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