Flower power: EPFL’s Pier Giuseppe Ledda (left) and François Gallaire with pappus simulations (Courtesy: Alain Herzog/EPFL) Scientists in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy have explained why the ...

High on sunshine, humans often decide when dandelions get to spread their species -- but the puffballs have their own ideas on how best to proliferate. Knowing what causes dandelions to spread could ...

Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a University of Washington team developed a tiny, battery-free sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles ...

Knowing what causes dandelions to spread could help us understand how the plants respond to climate change, and could even help us design new ‘soft’ robots. Known for their fluffiness and uncanny ...