Garden-variety roses just got an electrical upgrade.
Playing off the thirst of plant vascular systems, a team of Swedish researchers cut roses (Rosa floribunda) and set them in water containing specially designed organic molecules that can conduct and process electricity. The molecules linked up to form “wires” in the xylem, which pumps water and nutrients up from plant roots.
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