Just like humans, when plants are cut they clot at the site of the wound. Just how they do it is has been a botanical mystery until now. Two University of Delaware researchers have uncovered the enzymes that produce this response. Their findings will be published on Monday in Nature Plants.University of Delaware
But it turns out that plants may have been telling you all along. A new study found that when plants are stressed, they make special sounds saying what's wrong.59. Earlier studies had shown that plants shake when under stress. But for years, scientists have doubted whether those shakes ...
A new study found that when plants are stressed, they make special sounds saying what’s wrong. Earlier studies had shown that plants shake when under stress. But for years, scientists have doubted whether those shakes become sound waves (声波). By studying tomato plants inside a greenhouse, ...
Charles Darwin collected the indigenous plants of every place he journeyed on the HMS Beagle but took particular notice of flowering plants, such as...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough ...
But space has remained resolutely silent. Scientists have sent probes to the very edges of our Solar System.但太空一直坚决地保持着沉默。科学家们已经向太阳系的边缘发射了探测器。But all they have sent back have been images of planets inimical to life. Over the last 25 years, however, ...
Indeed, social scientists who study young people have found that their digital use can be inventive and even beneficial. This is true not just in terms of their social lives, but their education too. So if you use a ton of social media, do you become unable, or unwilling, to engage in...
If students aren't interested in plants, they are unlikely to study them in the future. They will never know how important plant science is.Schools could and should do more to change their ideas. The Rocket Science campaign was a great example. It saw six hundred thousand children become ...
Scientists have discovered what they believe is the world's largest plant, an underwater field of se a grass that spreads for 180 kilometers in Shark Bay, off the west coast of Australia.Se a grasses are flowering plants that grow in shallow(浅的) waters near coasts. They grow together ...
Humans can’t live without water, air or food. So far, nobody knows whether there would be enough water or air on Mars for people. Moreover, scientists are not sure whether plants could grow on Mars. Food would most probably be in the ...
On land most food chains are short, but scientists still have much to learn about them. They have even more to learn about food chains in the seas. These chains are long. They are also hard to study, because most of the plants and...