Ferns Versus Terrorists: Engineered Proteins Turn Airport Plants Into Bomb Detectors
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comBiologists there have developed plant proteins capable of screening the air for hints of dangerous substances, including those given off by nearby explosives.
How to get grant (taxpayer) money to make plants that turn white a day after someone plants a bomb in the area . . . great idea assuming the plant survives the explosion long enough to turn white.