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Title: Glow-in-the-Dark Plants on the ISS‏
Post by: Dingo on May 06, 2013, 04:54:21 PM
NASA Science News for May 6, 2013

Can plants adapt to the novelty of climate change? Researchers seeking to answer this question have sent genetically engineered plants to the ISS for exposure to extreme conditions. To report their stress, the plants have learned to glow in the dark.

FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/06may_arabidopsis/ (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/06may_arabidopsis/)

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50LgSJhHCy4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50LgSJhHCy4)