Study: Plants do long division to stretch food supply over night

Monday, June 24, 2013 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

NORWICH, England, June 24 (UPI) -- To avoid starvation at night, plants do arithmetic -- division to be exact -- so their starch reserves last until dawn, British researchers say.

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