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Sunflowers make small moves to maximize sun exposure

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize sun exposure

Plants dont just grow straight upthey can move in loopy and zigzagging ways to get more sunshine. Physicists were able to model a sunflower to predict how they grow. Read from CU expert on The Conversation.


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