A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered the secrets behind one of nature’s quirkiest plants - the ...
They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...
Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered the secrets behind one of nature's quirkiest plants - the ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem like an ordinary weedy plant. But ...
The quirky plant, a relative of the edible cucumber, ejects its seeds at a whopping 44mph - even faster than the human ...
To reveal the mechanism, the team employed the help of a high-speed camera that could capture up to 8,600 frames per second, ...
The squirting cucumber Ecballium—not to be confused with the exploding cucumber Cyclanthera—is not a showy plant. It meanders ...
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