Today’s physics news: cucmbers in space, Japan’s new radiation leak estimate and moving mirros make light

Today’s physics news: cucmbers in space, Japan’s new radiation leek estimate and moving mirros make light

Cucumbers in space: astronaut’s horticultural mission
Satoshi Furukawa plans to grow vegetables on International Space Station after blasting off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday
Guardian

Japan doubles Fukushima radiation leak estimate
Japan has more than doubled its estimate of radiation that escaped from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant in the first week after the disaster.
BBC

Moving mirrors make light from nothing
Researchers claim to have produced sought-after quantum effect.
Nature