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The Potato Plant And How To Plant Them

By: Eva Huang, Journalist

Have you ever wondered what the potato plant is, and how to grow it? Probably not.. but here it is anyways.

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Ricin: The Most Effective Poison

By: Jason Reznikov, Journalist

Ricin is an extremely effective poison. In just minute doses, ricin is extremely deadly.

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Houseplants Modified To Reduce Air Pollutions

By: Valery Cordon, Journalist

Neo-P1 has been genetically modified to produce metabolic pathways capable of detoxifying air pollutants. It works, for example, by converting chemicals to sugars and nitrogen oxides (noxious substances) into an ATP molecule, which the plant can then use to produce proteins.

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New Light-Regulating Smart Windows For Greenhouses

By: Lena Tosounidis, Reporter

We all know greenhouses. They're the special buildings that allow people to grow crops in inconvenient conditions. As the world's population increases, the amount of available and appropriate farmland...

How to Create Colorful Plant Dyes

By: Sara Beese, Journalist

Now-a-days, your clothes are probably dyed with mass produced factory products. But this has not always been the case, dyes used to be made out of plants.

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How Do Plants Survive Without Sun?

By: Ebaa Alzoory

According to new research out of the John Innes Centre in the U.K., plants perform a complex calculation to figure out how much of stored energy to use during the night. The plants actually ration that...

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Can We Grow Plants With Martian Soil?

By: Ebaa Alzoory

NASA is trying to grow potato plants using Martian soil. Martian soil does have the nutrients plants need to survive on Mars, but there may not the right amount of nutrients, so fertilizers will be...

How To Construct And Design A Vertical Gardening Pipe

By: Stephanie Terceros

How can an individual's plants and flowers be organized into a specific object without having to take up a large amount of space within an apartment, a house, or in a garden? The vertical gardening pipe...