Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?
April 29, 2025
April 29, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?
When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50 percent of the chemicals end up in the air or soil instead of on the plants. Now, a team of researchers from MIT and Singapore has developed a much more precise way to deliver substances to plants: tiny needles made of silk. < . . .
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Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?
When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50 percent of the chemicals end up in the air or soil instead of on the plants. Now, a team of researchers from MIT and Singapore has developed a much more precise way to deliver substances to plants: tiny needles made of silk. < . . .