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The Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells (quantamagazine.org)
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HPsquared 5 hours ago [-]
I like the videos on this and how they are presented, very smooth. Something you wouldn't see in a paper magazine.
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kor445g 4 hours ago [-]
this is on the longer timescale. for nanosecond timescales plants use "non-photochemical quenching" to prevent damage from energetic rays. this is why they look green and not black - they only absorb 90% of the green photons (which are the most abundant)

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduc...

5 hours ago [-]
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