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PhD student bioengineers potato plant to detect gamma radiation (phys.org)

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A researcher at the University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture has developed a potato plant that can detect gamma radiation, providing reliable indications of harmful radiation levels without complex monitoring technologies.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's pretty cool, the potatoes glow green when exposed to radiation so it can be detected at a distance. I was wondering how it actually detected the radiation, but I wasn't expecting them to glow, that's wild.