Collaborate Disseminate
Spoiler alert: No.
To come to that conclusion, which runs counter to the combined wisdom of several recent YouTube videos, [Andrew McNeil] ran a pretty neat little experiment. [Andrew] has a not inconsiderable amount of expertise in this area, as an RF engineer and prolific maker of many homebrew WiFi …read more
Cotton sprouts grew for about one week in a biosphere brought to the Moon by China’s Chang’e-4 mission. Continue reading The First Plants to Grow on the Moon Are Already Dead
Cotton seeds brought to the far side of the Moon by China’s Chang’e-4 lander have sprouted. Continue reading Plants Are Growing on the Moon for the First Time
A plant-robot cyborg developed by researchers at MIT uses electrodes, light detectors, and wheels to save a plant from perishing. Continue reading Cyborg Plant Controls a Robot to Move Itself Towards Light
Microgreens, also known as vegetable confetti, are all the rage in fancy restaurants around the globe. Raised from a variety of different vegetable seeds, they’re harvested just past the sprout period, but before they would qualify as baby greens – usually 10-14 days after planting. There’s a variety of ways to grow microgreens, and [Mr Ben] has developed a 3D printed rig to help.
The rig consists of two parts – a seed tray and a water tray underneath. The seed tray consists of a grid to house the broccoli seeds to be grown, with small holes in each grid …read more
Continue reading Germinate Seeds With The Help of 3D Printing
A new study published Friday in Nature Plants showed that 36 percent of critically endangered plants produce recalcitrant seeds, which can’t be preserved. Continue reading Seed Vaults Can’t Save a Third of Critically Endangered Plants
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to map the genome of 1.5 million plants, animals, and fungi. Continue reading Biologists Have Started Their Attempt to Sequence the DNA of Every Living Thing on Earth
“Once we figure out, or I hope we figure out, that we are not alone in the universe, the connection to the cosmos is just going to be even stronger.” Continue reading Scientists Design a ‘Template’ for Plant Life on Alien Worlds
The space wheat represents “the first true foray into studies involving space-based agricultural cycles.” Continue reading The Advanced Plant Habitat Welcomes Its First Crop on the Space Station
Firefly-like leaves are a big step forward in the field of plant nanobionics. Continue reading Researchers Are Working on Plants That Could Glow Bright Enough to Replace Lamps