Chloroplast movement is a fundamental adaptive response that enables plants to optimise light absorption for efficient photosynthesis and to mitigate photodamage under intense light. This dynamic ...

HOLOGRAPHIC techniques have been applied to many fields with results which are adequately reported in the literature 1–3. This communication describes an application of the so-called “frozen” fringe ...

Most of us aren’t spending our days watching our houseplants grow. We see their signs of life only occasionally – a new leaf unfurled, a stem leaning toward the window. But in the summer of 1863, ...

The rotation of Earth’s solid inner core may have recently paused relative to the mantle and crust and now appears to be reversing direction, Nikk Ogasa reported in “Earth’s inner core may ‘reverse’ ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 19, No. 8 (Oct., 1932), pp. 693-709 (17 pages) Little is known concerning the "transpiration stream" of submerged plants, and very few data from actual quantitative ...

Plant robotics shows how living movement and sensing can power biodegradable machines that work with natural environments, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional robotic materials and ...