Plant Stem Stability

Plant stability comes from internal expandable hydrostat pressure, when the plant dehydrates the plant looses stability – The stem evolves differently in water compared to air (below the principle is used in an artificial hip)

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How Trees Transfer Water

Researchers Abraham Stroock and Tobias Wheeler at Cornell University, inspired by the trees amazing transfer of water from the deepest roots to the highest branches, have created a synthetic transfer system that could be used in heat transfer and soil …

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