Sentences with phrase «spores launch»

Did a Sac of Spores Launch the Animal Kingdom Xiao, now at Virginia Tech, stands by his original interpretation.

Biologists have long known that the mechanism involved two drops of water interacting with the half - egg shape of spores launched in this way: an elongated drop that forms on its flat side, and a small spherical drop called a Buller's drop that sits near the rounded base of the spore.

«Spore launching is responsible for tens of thousands of fungus species — about one - third of the fungal kingdom,» says Chuan - Hua Chen at Duke University in North Carolina.

The team also identified how several fungi build up water pressure to power a spore launch.

Not exact matches

M: It used to be the proposal that Martian meteorites could be ejected from Mars and come to Earth and that, given the conditions of the launch, it was possible that living organisms like bacterial spores could hitch a ride and transfer from planet to planet.

«Without the death grip,» Hughes explains, «the ant would fall to the ground,» destroying the launching point for the fungus's spores.

The spores have a static electricity — based ejection system designed to launch them into the air with ease.

The fungus, Exserohilum rostratum, is a plant - eating generalist equipped with a spore - launching mechanism ideal for going airborne, is not an especially picky eater and, although it prefers grasses, will dine on many items — including humans.

In a previous study, Duke University biologist Xinnian Dong and colleagues discovered that plants fend off potential fungal infections by boosting their defenses in the morning, when many fungi are likely to release their spores and launch an attack.

This weeks highlights are all the 3DS Launch Titles and Dark Spore.

Because we recorded the interview before the launch of Spore, we speculate on what features of gameplay we were anticipating in that title.

Spore currently crushes them, and keep in mind that Spore didn't even launch on Steam.