Cultivating crops, no sun required
Story Date: 8/3/2022

 

Source: MODERN FARMER, 8/1/22


Researchers have discovered a new way to grow plants using artificial photosynthesis, requiring no sunlight at all. Photosynthesis is one of life’s most quintessential recipes. Plants combine sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen, along with nutrients the organisms need to grow. Now, scientists have found a way to remove sunlight out of the equation.  In a new study conducted by the University of California, Riverside and the University of Delaware, researchers have successfully grown plants using artificial photosynthesis...

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