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Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

21 August 2019

In greenhouses across China, scientists are exposing lettuces and cucumbers to powerful electric fields in an attempt to make them grow faster. Can electroculture work?
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The ethics issue: Should we let synthetic life forms loose?

5 July 2017

New forms of life could help tackle problems from famine to global warming, but releasing them into the wild raises biosafety concerns

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