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Scientists Discover First Nitrogen-Fixing Organelle - Uni of Berkeley lab (newscenter.lbl.gov)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is this the first step towards a bio-engineered whip-it implant?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

now that sounds like a fun bio-horror show opportunity

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Whip-it good

Also a whip-it implant feels like a cruelty squad item

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some theoretical applications being floated around is splicing this new organelle into food crops in order to increase food growth efficiency and possibly lower rates of soil depletion.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

splicing whole ass organelle is very non-trivial

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

just put out a bottle of wine and some mood music, I'm sure they're splice themselves together

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

seems like a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Its only happened two times in the history of life on the planet, so I think it's a little overblown

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

They better call it Nitochondria.