Nigel Chaffey
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I am a Botanist and former Senior Lecturer in Botany at Bath Spa University (Bath, near Bristol, UK). As News Editor for the Annals of Botany I contributed the monthly Plant Cuttings column to that in
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What are root hairs for?
A question with a long history, but not always a long enough bibliography, as Nigel Chaffey learns.
![What’s the best [botanical…] use for a 3-D printer?](/content/images/size/w2000/botany-one/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/3dprinter.jpg)
What’s the best [botanical…] use for a 3-D printer?
Not only can you take flowers apart, with a 3D printer you can put together flowers the way YOU want.
Whither botanical accuracy? ***
The Botanical Accuracy weblog, curated by Lena Struwe (Botanist of New Jersey (USA) is a phenomenon, and a revelation!
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