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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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[–] danieljoeblack@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

First they detect it, then they crave it. This is how it starts.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

Hit me like a gamma ray
Standing in a hurricane
And I'm pulling out thorns