In this new post, Julia Cooke and Joanna Carey—ecologists and friends from the UK and USA—present their work ‘Stress alters the role of silicon in controlling plant water movement’. They show how to deal with contradictory experimental results, celebrate the importance of discussion to reach scientific answers and how results materialise. About the paper It is not uncommon to read conflicting experimental results among papers. … Continue reading Julia Cooke & Joanna Carey: What are the relationships between water and silicon uptake in plants, and what factors change cause shifts in these?