#man made leaf

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This man-made leaf could help us breathe in space.

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A Graduate Student Created First Man Made Bilological Leaf Which Can Produce Oxygen Just Like a Plant A graduate student Julian Melchiorri has created a biological leaf. That has the ability to absorb water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen just like a plant.

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The “first Man-made Biological Leaf” Could Enable Humans To Colonies Space

Silk Leaf by Julian Melchiorri

“Plants don’t grow in zero gravity,” explains Melchiorri. “NASA is researching different ways to produce oxygen for long-distance space journeys to let us live in space. This material could allow us to explore space much further than we can now.”Chloroplasts suspended in silk protein. Like the leaves of a plant, all Melchiorri's Silk Leaf needs to produce oxygen is light and a small amount of water.

SOURCE: http://www.decorfox.com/architecture/the-first-man-made-biological-leaf-could-enable-humans-to-colonise-space.html

[aloneforeverwithoutyou]

The first man made synthetic leaf. Created with protein taken from silk worms; silk and chloroplasts extracted from plant cells. Using C02, light and water it, creates oxygen!