A squirting cucumber in action is a remarkable sight, but if you blink, you might miss it — the eruption lasts about 0.03 ...
They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...
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 ...
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Squirting cucumbers thicken and stiffen to eject seeds with 'remarkable speed and precision,' study findsSquirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...
Researchers in the UK have, for the first time, revealed the mechanism behind the squirt by carrying out high-speed videography, computed tomography scans and mathematical modelling.
The mystery surrounding the exact way the squirting cucumber disperses its seeds and how it impacts its ability to reproduce ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
Scientists unveiled the squirting cucumber’s seed dispersal mechanism, involving fluid redistribution and rapid recoil.
Scientists from the University of Oxford have discovered how the squirting cucumber squirts. The team solved the long-standing mystery using a mix of experiments, high-speed videography, image ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
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