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not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. | not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. | ||
**Could the plant have been reading his mind**? | **Could the plant have been reading his mind**? | ||
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a variety of new products: the red color seen on television screens; | a variety of new products: the red color seen on television screens; | ||
fluorescent crayons; tags for insecticides; | fluorescent crayons; tags for insecticides; | ||
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and, most important, a genuine love for plants." | and, most important, a genuine love for plants." | ||
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=== Latest Soviet Discoveries === | === Latest Soviet Discoveries === | ||
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---biologist Karamanov published "**The Application of Automation and Cybernetics to Plant Husbandry.**" | ---biologist Karamanov published "**The Application of Automation and Cybernetics to Plant Husbandry.**" | ||
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---research of the American Nobel Prize winner Melvin Calvin in photo· | ---research of the American Nobel Prize winner Melvin Calvin in photo· | ||
- | synthesis, wherein he discovered that **plant chlorophyll under the influ- | + | synthesis, wherein he discovered that **plant chlorophyll under the influence |
- | ence of the sun's rays can give up electrons to a semiconductor such as | + | zincoxide**. Melvin and his co-workers created a "green photoelement," |
- | zinc oxide**. Melvin and his co-workers created a "green photoelement," | + | |
which produced a current of approximately 0.1 microamperes per square | which produced a current of approximately 0.1 microamperes per square | ||
centimeter. After several minutes, the plant | centimeter. After several minutes, the plant |