Scientists have found that plants can control the night by mathematical calculation

According to an article published in the journal electronic life by the research team of John inners center, mathematical model analysis shows that starch consumption of plants at night is accurately calculated Scientists are studying Arabidopsis, which is regarded as a model plant for scientific experiments At night, when plants can't use light to turn carbon dioxide into sugar and starch, they have to adjust their starch reserves to make sure it stays up to daylight Experiments show that in order to adjust starch consumption accurately, plants must be divided by mathematical operation Professor Alison Smith, who led the study, told BBC News: "it's amazing that they actually do math in a simple chemical way Although they are only doing primary school math, they are doing math problems " The scientists used mathematical models to explore how to divide plants At night, the mechanism in the leaves measures starch reserves Time information comes from the biological clock of plants, which is similar to our biological clock This process is realized by adjusting the concentration of the two molecules The researchers use s and t instead of starch and time respectively If s stimulates starch decomposition, t prevents this process Professor Martin Howard, mathematical model analyst at John inners center, said: "this is the first specific case of such complex mathematical operations in biology." Scientists believe that similar mechanisms may exist in animals, such as birds controlling fat levels during long-distance migrations, or when they lack food for hatching Dr Richard bugs of the University of London commented on the study: "it's not evidence that plants have intelligence, it's just evidence that plants have a mechanism that automatically adjusts the rate of loss of sugars at night Plants are not free to do mathematical operations, and they do not have the same purpose in mind as we do "