Scientists unveiled the squirting cucumber’s seed dispersal mechanism, involving fluid redistribution and rapid recoil.
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 ...
The squirting cucumber shoots its seeds so fast that scientists had to use techniques like high-speed videography to record ...
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 ...
Researchers report detailed structural and atomic information for glassy and liquid magnesium silicates, which are important ...
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, ...
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