Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered why Heteroxenia corals pulsate. Their work, which resolves an old scientific mystery, appears in the current issue of PNAS. One of the most fascinating and spectacular sights in the coral reef of Eilat is the perpetual motion of the tentacles [...]
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