A Grain of Wheat in the Tropics
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Indonesia's tropical climate is unsuitable for wheat. But gamma ray radiation has enabled wheat cultivation in this country by altering the plant's DNA molecule sequences.
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THE bottom of the pool glows twilight blue. The water, seven meters deep, serves as extra protection from the cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope. A thick and intricate concrete wall prevents the radioactive particles from escaping the irradiation chamber in which the pool is contained. Researchers from the National Nuclear Agency (Batan) are using the cobalt-60 gamma ray radiation to modify wheat, a native of the subtropicsequatorial Indonesia lies
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