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The Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells

39 pointsby isaacfrondlast Tuesday at 8:09 AM2 commentsview on HN

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kor445gtoday at 7:43 AM

this is on the longer timescale. for nanosecond timescales plants use "non-photochemical quenching" to prevent damage from energetic rays. this is why they look green and not black - they only absorb 90% of the green photons (which are the most abundant)

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduc...

HPsquaredtoday at 6:15 AM

I like the videos on this and how they are presented, very smooth. Something you wouldn't see in a paper magazine.

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