http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/27/will-bomb-sniffing-plants-guard-the-airports-of-the-future/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/27/will-bomb-sniffing-plants-guard-the-airports-of-the-future/#comment-24255 Colleen Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:16:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15892#comment-24255 I wonder what inspired scientists to turn to plants as potential bomb-detectors in the fist place; have plants been used to detect airborne traces of chemicals before? I also wonder whether they could develop a new species capable of determining when food is on the verge of exploding in the microwave-- that would be highly useful for me on a daily basis. :) I wonder what inspired scientists to turn to plants as potential bomb-detectors in the fist place; have plants been used to detect airborne traces of chemicals before? I also wonder whether they could develop a new species capable of determining when food is on the verge of exploding in the microwave– that would be highly useful for me on a daily basis.

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