Talking plants tell scientists their water is contaminated

donsutherland1 · 07-07-08, 12:52 PM

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Bar-Ilan University scientists have developed a way to detect and measure contamination in a body of water by "listening" to the sound that microscopic algae plants release into it. The technology, described as "revolutionary," was developed by Prof. Zvy Dubinsky and Dr. Yulia Pinchasov of the Bar-Ilan Goodman life sciences faculty and was recently published in a number of scientific journals, including the prestigious Hydrobiological Journal.

The method is based on the analysis of the rate of photosynthesis (the process of converting sunlight into energy) of plants growing in the water. The researchers examined whether the plants realized their full photosynthesis potential and if not, this served as a signal that something was wrong within the growth environment.

Talking plants tell scientists their water is contaminated | Jerusalem Post

Lightdemon · 07-07-08, 03:06 PM

I was expecting something like...

Scientists: Now if we add 30 mililiters of water to this mutated cactus...(drip, drip)

Cactus: TAP?! I said fvcking Avian water, b1tch!! 1000 needle attack! Solar Beam!!

American · 07-08-08, 12:24 PM