"Plants grown under modified gravity conditions exhibit strong aboveground parts and healthy growth."

2025-08-18 00:00

The French biotech company Orius has released preliminary plant response data from experiments conducted in its in-house gravity simulator, Gravilab, along with details of the engineering decisions that enabled whole-plant measurements. The initial crop being studied is Brassica rapa var. japonica (mizuna), a compact, fast-growing leafy vegetable.

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