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Maple Seeds and Animals Exploit the Same Trick to Fly
published by the California Institute of Technology
This article from Caltech describes how maple seeds spin as they fall to the ground. It also goes into the applications behind the research and includes a link to a video of the air around a spinning seed.
http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13265
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2009 Caltech Media Relations
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Keywords: flight, lift, vortices
Record Creator: Metadata instance created November 30, 2009 by Raina Khatri
Record Updated: Mar 04, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 June 11, 2009
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Maple Seeds and Animals Exploit the Same Trick to Fly (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 2009), WWW Document, (http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13265).
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Maple Seeds and Animals Exploit the Same Trick to Fly (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 2009), <http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13265>.
APA Format
Maple Seeds and Animals Exploit the Same Trick to Fly. (2009, June 11). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from California Institute of Technology: http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13265
Chicago Format
California Institute of Technology. Maple Seeds and Animals Exploit the Same Trick to Fly. Pasadena: California Institute of Technology, June 11, 2009. http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13265 (accessed 21 May 2013).
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Maple Seeds and Animals Exploit the Same Trick to Fly. Pasadena: California Institute of Technology, 2009. 11 June 2009. 21 May 2013 <http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13265>.
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