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Duckweed is an incredible,radiation-fightingastronaut food—and by changing how it is grown, we made itbetter

Duckweed is an incredible,radiation-fightingastronaut food—and by changing how it is grown, we made itbetter


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Duckweed is the perfect space food: small, fast-growing and nutritious. By studying how light levels changed the production of radiation-fighting antioxidants, researchers made it even better. Professor Barbara Demmig-Adams shares on The Conversation.