Ultra-fast Utricularia traps

[ICPS-bob]

Marc Joyeux (and associates) has recently published a couple of interesting articles on ultra-fast Utricularia traps.

Ultra-fast underwater suction traps
O. Vincent, C. Weisskopf, S. Poppinga, T. Masselter, T. Speck, M. Joyeux, C. Quilliet and P. Marmottant
Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences, 278 (2011) 2909-2914.
www-lsp.ujf-grenoble.fr/recherche/a2t1/a2t1a3/dynamique/joyeux/reprints/071.pdf

Mechanical model of the ultra-fast underwater trap of Utricularia
M. Joyeux, O. Vincent and P. Marmottant
Physical Review E, 83 (2011) 021911 (1-12).
www-lsp.ujf-grenoble.fr/recherche/a2t1/a2t1a3/dynamique/joyeux/reprints/070.pdf

[Apoplast]

Bob - Thanks for posting about these. The second link goes to a model about DNA (which incidentally was interesting, but not what it was purported to be).

[ICPS-bob]

OOPS. I fixed the link. It now goes to the correct paper.

[Apoplast]

It works now. Thanks Bob!