/ Botany Content for Â鶹´«Ã½ en /climate/news/badass-babes-botany Women botanists and scientists are historically overlooked. Marina LaForgia's class at Â鶹´«Ã½ highlights these women. June 13, 2023 - 12:04pm Malia N Reiss /climate/news/badass-babes-botany /news/sunflowers-move-clock <p>Plant biologists at Â鶹´«Ã½ and colleagues&nbsp;have discovered how sunflowers use their internal circadian clock, acting on growth hormones, to follow the sun during the day as they grow. Following the sun allows the plants to grow faster and put on more biomass. Mature flowers face east, where warm morning sun encourages pollinators.&nbsp;</p> August 04, 2016 - 1:56pm Andy Fell /news/sunflowers-move-clock