The Nanotechnology of Sundew and English Ivy
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fifteen small sundew plants perch on a window sill, collecting sunlight and eating meat in the lab of Mingjun Zhang on the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus. Sundew plants are carnivores, consuming insects by capturing them with small adhesive balls on the ends of their tentacles.