Microscopic Flower Petal Ridges
Updated: 2009-12-30 14:09:53
Microscopic ridges contouring the surface of flower petals might play a role in flashing that come-hither look pollinating insects can't resist. Michigan State University researchers and his colleagues now have figured out how those form. The result could help scientists learn to enhance plants' pollination success and even could lead to high-grip nanomaterials and "green chemical" feedstocks........