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Rice TV Screen, Satellite Warfare, Unraveled DNA

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Porous Silicon Could Be Used in a TV?

Rice husks are chock full of porous silicon. Researchers were able to use it as a base material for those quantum dots for LED screens. There's hope that the same process could be applied to other plants, like sugar cane and bamboo.

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