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Advance In ‘Nano-Agriculture:’ Tiny Stuff Has Huge Effect On Plant Growth

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With potential adverse health and environmental effects often in the news about nanotechnology, scientists in Arkansas are reporting that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could have beneficial effects in agriculture.

Their study, scheduled for the October issue of ACS Nano, found that tomato seeds exposed to CNTs germinated faster and grew into larger, heavier seedlings [...]

Debunking the food crisis

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Food, Food, Everywhere – And Not a Crumb to Eat
According to recent reports, nearly a billion people are severely affected by the high cost of food. Yet the problem doesn’t have to do with the simple economic equation of supply and demand. Indeed, these same reports note that while the cost of [...]