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GM flowers that change color when they detect pollution in the soil

by sunnyjim Apr 26, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

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Clever Dick on April 27, 2021 at 4:14 am
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Idea: GM flowers that change color when they detect pollution in the soil
Link: https://news.mit.edu/2020/plant-nanobionic...
You don’t need GM for this. But some proper solution is needed, this article gives an insight on some recent developments https://news.mit.edu/2020/plant-nanobionic-sensor-monitor-arsenic-levels-soil-1213

SMART researchers engineer a plant-based sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil
Link: https://news.mit.edu/2020/plant-

Scientists from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology engineered a plant nanobionic optical sensor that can detect and monitor, in real time, levels of arsenic in the underground environment.

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PandB on April 26, 2021 at 11:58 pm
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Idea: GM flowers that change color when they detect pollution in the soil
Link: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/mosses-c...
And BLUE moss to tell you about your air

Mosses could help rapidly detect pollution
Link: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/1

Drug-sniffing dogs are an accepted part of our modern world. In the near future, could pollution-sniffing mosses be equally common? Although plants seem inactive compared to animals, a team led by Dr. Xingcai Qin, a chemist at Nanjing University, China, has shown that a common species of moss rapidl... Read more

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JamesH on April 26, 2021 at 11:07 pm
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Idea: GM flowers that change color when they detect pollution in the soil
Link: https://newatlas.com/color-changing-plants...
Found the article I read years ago about this, but it looks like the idea died before it caught on.

Color-changing plants detect pollutants and explosives
Link: https://newatlas.com/color-chang

There may come a day when certain plants in your workplace suddenly turn white, at which point everyone will run screaming from the building – those co-workers will have been right to do so, as the white plants indicated that a toxic gas was present. Before that scenario can take place, a little�... Read more

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