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Thinking Plants?

Plants don't simply "veg out" after all. Utah State University researchers discovered that plant cells work together to process information, which enables the plant to function as a single organism even though it has no brain. Plants continuously solve the complicated problem of taking in as much carbon dioxide as possible, while losing as little water as possible.
 
For more information, contact Keith Mott, professor, biology department, 435-797-3563; and David Peak, professor and assistant head, physics department, 435-435-797-2884.  

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