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Sep 28 2009

Carbon Nanotubes Are Super Fertilizer

Posted by Chris Williamson in Nanotechnology

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Researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Nanotechnology Center have found that exposing tomato seeds to carbon nanotubes makes tomato plants sprout earlier and grow more quickly. They write in the journal ACS Nano that these results, though preliminary, suggest that carbon nanotubes could be a boon for the agriculture and biofuel industries and lead to new types of fertilizers. more>>>

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