Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow
- Written by Chantal Nguyen, Postdoctoral Associate at the BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
Sunflowers use tiny movements to follow the Sun's path throughout the day.AP Photo/Charlie RiedelMost of us aren’t spending our days watching our houseplants grow. We see their signs of life only occasionally – a new leaf unfurled, a stem leaning toward the window.
But in the summer of 1863, Charles Darwin lay ill in bed, with nothing...