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Breakthrough Device Brings Scientists a Step Closer to Successfully Growing Plants in Space


Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed new, highly flexible sensors capable of monitoring and transmitting data on plant growth autonomously, according to a paper published in the journal Device. The polymer sensors are resilient to humidity and temperature, c

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