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Scientists Watch Grass Grow, at the Cellular Scale

Posted June 15, 2010 11:10 AM

From Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now:

A new video animation shows cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana, shedding light on how plants grow. Watching grass grow is way more interesting than you think. In an effort to understand cellular development in plants, a team of French scientists made a surprisingly exciting video animation of grass growing 1 at the cellular scale.

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06/15/2010 2:47 PM

Wow, I can hardly wait until this technology is applied to watching paint dry.

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Re: Scientists Watch Grass Grow, at the Cellular Scale

06/15/2010 3:03 PM

I for one applaud this line of research if it in any small way helps me eradicate from the Earth forever the appalling chore of mowing my lawn.

Sure, I could move to a yardless / grassless domicile. But that would be to surrender! Never, I say!

Science WILL help me tame those smug green stalks of evil so they grow only as tall as my will sees fit. Or else it will help me scorch our world of every last single blade. This I vow.

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