Image: Arabidopsis thaliana shoots en route to ISS

This microscope image taken at 40 times magnification shows the individual cells that make up the root of an Arabidopsis thaliana plant. Next month, 200 five-day-old shoots will fly a roller-coaster ride on an aircraft to investigate how their cells adapt to altered gravity – from weightlessness to hypergravity.

Read the whole article on Physorg

More from Physorg