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Frankenstein's Monster

Plant Cuttings

The 21st century Prometheus

The full title of Mary Shelley’s acclaimed 1818 novel “Frankenstein” is “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus”. Well, fictional frightening-fellow fabricator Dr Frankenstein may have been the modern Prometheus of his day, but I’ve just chanced upon the 21st century version. Nothing to do with hard

Nigel Chaffey · 23 Aug 2016

Preparation of pollen derived carbon microstructure via solid state pyrolysis of two distinct pollen sources.

Plant Cuttings

Botanotechnoinspirationals

This item concerns uses of botanical bits-and-pieces in ways that Nature never intended. But having also brought forth Man, that natural entity has given

Nigel Chaffey · 16 Aug 2016

De Aardappeleters / The Potato Eaters.

Plant Cuttings

Every dog has its day

One of the great hopes of the 1980s (and as far back as the 1940s) was that one plant species would be typical of all plants

Nigel Chaffey · 9 Aug 2016

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Plant Cuttings

Colletotrichum comes good

A relative of a notorious fungus that infests beans may have positive advantages for some other plants.

Nigel Chaffey · 2 Aug 2016

Death and Taxes

Plant Cuttings

Life’s little certainties…

Nigel Chaffey discovers Nature has its own taxes.

Nigel Chaffey · 26 Jul 2016

Snails as … pollinators (!?)

Plant Cuttings

Snails as … pollinators (!?)

Always on the look-out for interesting and/or quirky plant stories, I was really pleased to have chanced upon this delightful item amongst one of

Nigel Chaffey · 5 Jul 2016

Evolution of seagrasses

Plant Cuttings

When is a land plant not a land plant?

When it’s an eelgrass. OK, this needs some explanation. A popular notion is that the kingdom Plantae is essentially synonymous with the term land plants.

Nigel Chaffey · 30 Jun 2016

Mitochondrion

Plant Cuttings

Marvellously mobile mitochondria…or are they?

Can anybody doubt how marvellously dynamic a plant cell is when one watches videos of such phenomena as cytoplasmic streaming? And plant cells aren’t limited

Nigel Chaffey · 21 Jun 2016

Root hairs

Plant Cuttings

What are root hairs for?

A question with a long history, but not always a long enough bibliography, as Nigel Chaffey learns.

Nigel Chaffey · 14 Jun 2016

What’s the best [botanical…] use for a 3-D printer?

Plant Cuttings

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.

Nigel Chaffey · 7 Jun 2016

Plants

Plant Cuttings

Whither botanical accuracy? ***

The Botanical Accuracy weblog, curated by Lena Struwe (Botanist of New Jersey (USA) is a phenomenon, and a revelation!

Nigel Chaffey · 31 May 2016

Drosera magnifica

Plant Cuttings

Where are new species found?

If students were ever to ask me “Sir [I do like to think they would show due deference and respect when addressing their professors…], where do

Nigel Chaffey · 24 May 2016

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