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Optogenetic method shows plant guard cells can count environmental stimuli to adapt water consumption
More information: Shouguang Huang et al, Guard cells count the number of unitary cytosolic Ca 2+ signals to regulate stomatal dynamics, Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.086 ...
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A Synthetic Ion Channel Makes Plants Grow Faster
In plants, guard cells control the stomatal opening by expanding and contracting through ion flux. When a plant senses light, a signal is sent to the guard cell to increase its ion content, which ...
Prison guard left inmate’s cell unlocked to sexually abuse her in Hawaii, feds say
During his shift one evening, he summoned the inmate to the guard office, took her outside of her housing unit and sexually ...