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Cold plasma could transform the sustainable farms of the future

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Physicists have been working on ways to use the power of plasma to boost plant growth and kill pathogens.

By Stephen Ornes September 8, 2021 at 6:00 am - More than 2 years ago Share this: Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print Physicist Stephan Reuter of Polytechnique Montréal spends most days using his expertise in energy and matter to improve medical technologies. Recently though, he stood in a sea of green to consider how a shower of charged particles might affect lettuce. He had been invited to one of the largest commercia

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