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Detecting landmines with plants
Aresa, a Danish company, has genetically engineered plants of Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) that generate anthocyanins in the presence of nitrous dioxide. As nitrous dioxide is released by landmines, the plants turn from green to red.
Links:
Plants to uncover landmines from Nature's Science Update
GM cress could seek out landmines from BBC
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 4:56 PM on January 29, 2004
