Transpiration: The process by which water in plants moves through leaf pores and is released into the atmosphere as water vapor. Actively growing plants release so much water vapor that dry air masses ...

SCIENTISTS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY have created a "synthetic tree" microfluidic device that mimics transpiration, the process by which a plant pulls water through its roots and up to its leaves. In ...

Cornell University researchers have created the world's first synthetic tree. So far, it's a very small 'tree' which stands in a palm-sized piece of hydrogel. This 'tree simulates the process of ...

Mines hydrology research provides 'missing link' in water modeling Date: July 21, 2016 Source: Colorado School of Mines Summary: New research tackles the issue of global freshwater supply by taking a ...