Here’s what a leaf looks like during a fatal attack of bubbles
Simple equipment triumphs in revealing how bubbles kill plant leaves during drought
![lab images of embolisms in leaf veins](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/051416_scivis_feat_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
DEATH BY BUBBLE Mundane tools beat fancy X-ray setups in tracking how invading air bubbles kill leaves during drought, as seen in (clockwise from top) a Pteris fern, oak leaf and Adiantum fern.
T.J. Brodribb et al/PNAS 2016