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The Electronic Rose

November 23, 2015

When is a rose not a rose? When it's a transistorized electronic circuit, of course. Scientists at Sweden's Linköping University ...

Transverse cross-section of a very thin sunflower leaf (Helianthus annuus) to a thick tea leaf (Camellia sasquana). Along with total leaf thickness and leaf area, the leaves differ dramatically in cell size and in the thickness of cell walls according to specific mathematical equations newly discovered by the UCLA research team. Credit: Lawren Sack, Grace John, Christine Scoffoni/UCLA Life Sciences

Hidden mathematical rules that govern leaf design uncovered

by Tibi Puiu

October 31, 2013

After performing an exhaustive quantitative research across numerous plant species, scientists at UCLA's College of Letters and Science have found that ...

Chris Berry, a paleontologist at Cardiff University, examines the fossilized stump of a Gilboa tree in a quarry at the Gilboa Dam. (c) Cardiff University.

Earliest forest from the dawn of woody plants revealed

by Tibi Puiu

March 3, 2012

[caption id="attachment_11875" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Chris Berry, a paleontologist at Cardiff University, examines the fossilized stump of a Gilboa tree in ...

volcanic ash forest 300 million year old china

300 million year old fossilized forest discovered under coal mine in China

by Tibi Puiu

February 21, 2012

[caption id="attachment_11717" align="alignright" width="250" caption="A reconstruction of the 300-million-year-old peat-forming forest at a site near Wuda, China. (c) University of ...

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Tag: botany

The Electronic Rose

Hidden mathematical rules that govern leaf design uncovered

Earliest forest from the dawn of woody plants revealed

300 million year old fossilized forest discovered under coal mine in China

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