According to NASA's Earth Science Division, thanks to a natural process called transpiration, houseplants can help combat rising temperatures. This biological air conditioning system not only helps ...

Under normal circumstances, the rate of water uptake gives a measure of the rate of transpiration. A simple potometer is a piece of capillary tubing to which a plant has been connected.

linking it to the plant’s water transpiration and ion transport mechanisms. “Our eureka moment was when our first experiments showed it is possible to produce electricity in a cyclic rhythm ...