Carbon-11 (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Carbon-11

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The scientists used the radioisotope carbon-11 — created by a cyclotron at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) — to help them trace how smoke impacts a sunflower’s vascular system, or the system that transports carbon, water and micronutrients throughout the plant.

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University of Missouri

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