Oh wow, the Venus flytrap closure mechanism 🤩🌱!
Looks like an awesome starting point for nature-inspired materials design ...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plants can move rapidly without muscles, as seen in the Venus flytrap’s snapping lobes—a long-standing puzzle in plant biomechanics. Trap closure involves an elastic instability, but the active mechan...
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Max Stammnitz
New research in Science reveals that the Venus flytrap's snap is triggered by a rapid softening of the epidermal cell walls, uncovering the physical mechanism behind this remarkable movement.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4fXQ9sn
