High-speed images capture patterns by which raindrops spread pathogens among plants by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Add as preferred source ...

Earth has raindrops of water, while, on Venus, the rain is made of sulfuric acid. Jupiter rains droplets of helium. Saturn’s moon Titan rains methane. On Neptune and other gas giants, a diamond rain ...

Farmers have long noted a correlation between rainstorms and disease outbreaks among plants. Fungal parasites known as "rust" can grow particularly rampant following rain events, eating away at the ...