Spring is here! 🌸 🌷 🌼
Let's celebrate by learning more about the beauty of nature and its mysteries - discover the answers to the 3 questions we raised to scientists from 3 #EUFunded projects 🔬
💡 Connecting science and nature, this is gonna be so much fun!
A thread 👇🧵
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1637718127810342914
Can plants communicate with one another ❓🌿🎋
If a tree talks alone in the forest, does it make a sound❓
We asked green-fingered expert, Ilaria Pertot, about the secret conversations of plants.
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https://europa.eu/!MnWm8g
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1637718147699720192
Can insects get fat❓🐝🐛
Insects don’t have time to laze about – that’s probably why we say someone is “as busy as a bee”. But would an overfed and underactive bug find itself putting on weight like we do?
We asked insect expert Erlend Sild.
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https://europa.eu/!q76fnY
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1637718178741776384
@CORDIS_EU
This paper says the opposite: that in fact for quantum mechanical reasons two separate absorption bands is more efficient. What's the latest news on that?
Why is grass green ❓
From lawns to lily pads, and moss to mahogany: plants are invariably an emerald hue. But why green, and what can we learn from this fact?
We asked biochemist Tobias Erb.
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https://europa.eu/!8by7QW
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1637718165412261888