Bionic plants: Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers

Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we breathe, and add beauty to our surroundings. Now, researchers wants to make plants even more useful by augmenting them with nanomaterials that could enhance their energy production and give them completely new functions, such as monitoring environmental pollutants.

by via Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily