Root growth habits

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Read an interesting article about a study on root growth habits, The hidden dance of roots revealed.

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New time-lapse videos capture something that's too slow for our eyes to see: the growing tips of plant roots make corkscrew-like motions, waggling and winding in a helical path as they burrow into the soil. By using time-lapse footage, along with a root-like robot to test ideas, researchers have gained new insights into how and why rice root tips twirl as they grow.

For me, the botanical science part of growing bonsai is just as interesting as the art aspects.
 

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Nikon hosts a Small world competition every year to show the world what people do with their microscopes.
Awesome stuff.

 
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