UbiQD receives contract from NASA to enhance crop yield for space missions
UbiGro film is designed to promote vegetable production and accelerate plant growth.
UbiQD, Inc., a Los Alamos, N.M.-based nanotechnology development company, received a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, D.C.
The 24-month contract provides $750,000 in funding for UbiQD's collaborative research and development with the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC), Tucson, Ariz., to further explore using quantum dots to tailor the spectrum of sunlight for optimized crop growth for in-space and planetary exploration missions.