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Artificial Lighting

By: Desmond Anderson, Journalist

Many plant owners struggle to keep their plants healthy because they do not have enough space near a window. Without enough sunlight, plants can become weak, stop growing, or even die. This can be frustrating for people who want to grow plants indoors. Engineers and scientists have developed solutions that help plants grow even when natural sunlight is not available.

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Scientists Recreate Plants’ Energy-Capturing Ability In Artificial Photosynthesis

By: Aupsara Banik, Journalist

Scientists have unraveled the mysteries of photosynthesis, a process plants use to convert sunlight into energy. This breakthrough could pave the way for innovative clean energy solutions inspired by nature.

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How To Make A “Potato Tomato”

By: Emma Huang, Journalist

The Pomato or Tomtato, also known as 'Ketchup 'n Fries' is a plant that both grows tomatoes on the top and potatoes beneath the roots. This plant is not genetically modified or cross bred. The plant actually started from the seed of a normal tomato and the bud of an ordinary potato. This article will explain how this Frankenstein-like plant exists and perhaps even instructions to build your own potato-tomato plant.

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Utilizing Nature’s Power: Lotus Leaves Turned into Electricity Generators

By: Cooper Shealy, Journalist

By using the hydrovolcanic electricity generation method induced by living leaf transpiration, they have found a way to turn lotus leaves into a continuous power source.

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Aquaponics: Pros and Cons

By: Kate Li, Journalist

Aquaponics is a water-efficient way to grow crops and raise fish. The fish and plants depend on each other for survival.

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The Truth Behind GMO

By: Emma Huang, Journalist

Did you know that 80% of all foods in the U.S.A. have at least one ingredient that is a GMO? So what is GMO? And does it really do more harm than good?

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Composting

By: Persia Tahereh Maleki, Journalist

Composting is a controlled, aerobic (oxygen-required) process. That is a mixture of organic materials (for example food waste, dried leaves, etc.) into a nutrient-rich soil amendment with is used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties.

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Plants Grown in Moon Soil

By: Olivia Sim, Journalist

A team of scientists at the University of Florida have recently made an amazing discovery that proved lunar regolith a suitable substance to grow arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress. Although the sprouts did indeed show up from the moon soil, the growth was visibly more stunted than the plants in volcanic ash.

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Robotic Venus Flytrap

By: Arnutchay Sy, Reporter

Researchers turned a living Venus Flytrap plant into a cyborg robotic arm capable of grabbing objects.

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