They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...

牛津大学领导的一个研究小组解决了一个困扰了科学家们几个世纪的谜团：喷瓜是如何喷水的？这一发现是通过实验、高速摄像、图像分析和高级数学建模相结合而获得的，发表在今天（11月25日）的《美国国家科学院院刊》（PNAS）上。

Squirting cucumber uses high-pressure seed ejection for dispersal, with seeds reaching speeds of 20m/s and landing up to 10m ...

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A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...

Squirting cucumbers blast their seeds over distances hundreds of times their length, and now scientists say they have found ...

The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem like an ordinary weedy plant. But ...

The squirting cucumber Ecballium—not to be confused with the exploding cucumber Cyclanthera—is not a showy plant. It meanders ...

Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...

Scientists unveiled the squirting cucumber’s seed dispersal mechanism, involving fluid redistribution and rapid recoil.

The squirting cucumber, known scientifically as Ecballium elaterium, owes its name to its unique seed dispersal method. ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...