The overall result is continuous and directional water transport, as illustrated in Fig. 3c: when a given microcavity fills to the extent that its water level exceeds the top of its confining side ...

Splash! Ooch! Yum! And so another unsuspecting insect victim of Nepenthes alata (N. alata), commonly known as the carnivorous pitcher plant, falls victim to the digestive fluids at the bottom of the ...

Plants are able, using organic substances, to achieve effects that we otherwise mostly know only from technical materials. One example of this is the carnivorous pitcher plant, as researchers from the ...

Researchers have discovered enzymes in insect-eating plants known as Nepenthes alata, which could help in the development of new antibacterial products. According to a report in Nature News, these ...

video: This is the first monthly Bytesize Science video podcast. It shows what goes on inside of the bug-eating pitcher plant, Nepenthes Alata. view more ...