Easy come, easy grow

The Université de Montréal issues a press release about a collaborative research project conducted by Muthukumaran Packirisamy, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Université de Montréal professor Anja Geitmann. Packirisamy and Geitmann discovered that plant sperm cell release can be triggered by tightening the grip around the delivery organ. The press release is reprised by e! Science News, Newswise, Press-News, Eureka Alert, Science Codex, Nanotechnology Now, Health Canal, Science Daily, Phys Org, Red Orbit, Medindia, Medical News Today  and Science Newsline Biology.