Rrraou

Rrraou t1_j96xtt0 wrote

Reply to comment by Beyond-Time in Scientists create carbon nanotubes out of plastic waste using an energy-efficient, low-cost, low-emissions process. Compared to commercial methods for carbon nanotube production that are being used right now, ours uses about 90% less energy and generates 90%-94% less carbon dioxide by Wagamaga

> discovered that goes nowhere.

Or, by the time it gets where it's going it's become normal and doesn't feel as special.

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Rrraou t1_iw8afzi wrote

Reply to COP27: Israel harnessing DNA of bygone wild crops to enhance food supply by Sariel007

Makes perfect sense. Plants evolve to deal with their conditions. Here there's a gardening trend of planting a part of your garden and just not taking care of it, then harvesting the seeds of whatever managed to grow unsupervised, on the premise that those are the ones most robust in those conditions. Repeat until you have indestructible crops.

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