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Mercer Summer Program Provides Research Experience Early in Students' College Careers
August 09, 2023
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- Mercer University issued the following news:

By Jennifer Falk

Research by two Mercer University undergraduate engineering students resulted in 48 heads of billowing lettuce.

Students grew the Rex butterhead lettuce from seeds in hydroponic growth tents, which they built in a lab in the Engineering Building. Instead of soil, they grew the lettuce using tap water infused with nutrients.

Their research laid the . . .

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