#Science: Plants do sums to get through the night, researchers show | #biology


Updated July 12, 2013 ● 453 views
#Science: Plants do sums to get through the night, researchers show | #biology

New research shows that to prevent starvation at night, plants perform accurate arithmetic division. The calculation allows them to use up their starch reserves at a constant rate so that they run out almost precisely at dawn.

via phys.org

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