Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Unwinding The Cucumber Tendril Mystery

Plants may be stationary but they're rarely still. Researchers are using time-lapse photography to study the biomechanics of plant movement. Physicist Sharon Gerbode, of Harvey Mudd College, and biologist Joshua Puzey, of Harvard University, explain how they used time-lapse, mathematical modelling and a prosthetic plant to understand how cucumber tendrils twist.



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(via Miss Cellania)

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