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How likely do you think it is that there might have been a person in a the last 2000 years who solved one of life's great mysteries but never reported/recorded it? (lemmy.world)

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[-] the_stat_man@lemmy.world 96 points 7 months ago

Well just in case this ends up being a solution to some mystery I've not come across, here's a genuine (albeit seemingly pointless) finding from a research project I did a while back:

When saltwater is poured into the soil around the roots of a tomato plant, the plant's internal electrochemical response oscillates with a 0.1hz frequency.

I'm not sure what mystery that will solve but now nobody can accuse me of not reporting/recording it!

[-] Gargablegar@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

So this is related to hydration in the plants. I read this paper about tomato plants being stressed and emitting ultrasonic chirps

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/april/plants-emit-ultrasonic-popping-sounds-when-stressed.html

[-] the_stat_man@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Ooh, interesting. That's a different angle from what we were working on but a similar idea of being able to understand what stresses plants are under.

Here's an article talking about the project I contributed to: https://www.engineering.com/story/xzezv

[-] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

So glad I can't hear my poor potplants.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

They said "Whaaat?"

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