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What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap. This famous carnivorous plant captures insects and other small animals – and ...

Asteroids sharing Venus's orbit are nearly invisible due to the Sun's glare Some of these asteroids could intersect Earth's path within a few thousand years Asteroids about 300 metres wide could cause ...

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese research team has unraveled the Venus flytrap's detailed mechanism to detect insects using its touch sensor. While humans have known for about 200 years that the ...

A Japanese research team has unraveled the Venus flytrap's detailed mechanism to detect insects using its touch sensor. While humans have known for about 200 years that the carnivorous plant detects ...

In the United States, Venus fly traps are only native to North and South Carolina. The root of this prey-catching technique is a chemical ion channel named DmMSL10 that surrounds the base of a Venus ...

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To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese ...

As far as plants go, Venus flytraps are pretty hardcore. After attracting its prey with a fruity scent and trapping it inside its leaves, the flytrap slowly digests the insect for 5 to 12 days, ...

Plants lack nerves, yet they can sensitively detect touch from other organisms. In the Venus flytrap, highly sensitive sensory hairs act as tactile sensing organs; when touched twice in quick ...

Japanese scientists have uncovered the secret behind the Venus flytrap’s deadly bite. They identified a touch-sensitive ion channel, DmMSL10, at the base of the plant’s sensory hairs that detects ...