Imperial College London news release
A futuristic £1 million rooftop 'greenhouse' which will enable central London scientists to grow large quantities of plants for experiments ranging from developing new sources of biofuels to helping sequence the tomato genome, has been built on top of a five storey building at Imperial College London.
The new Imperial GroDome is the only rooftop facility of its kind in London. It provides Imperial's plant scientists with over 200 square metres of temperature and light controlled growing space for a variety of plant species, allowing them to carry out large-scale plant experiments in an urban location for the first time.
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