Water makes up around 60% of the human body. More than half of this water sloshes around inside the cells that make up organs ...

Findings could inform the design of artificial tissues and organs, presenting a potential route for delivering nutrients or therapies.

This video is an introduction to shear force and bending moment diagrams. What are Shear Forces and Bending Moments? Shear forces and bending moments are resultants which are used to conveniently ...

Tendons can also experience compression forces (fig 1A,B) These forces elicit a deformation of the cell that can trigger a wide array of responses depending on the type, magnitude and duration of ...

Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of São Carlos, C. P. 676, 13565-905 São Carlos/SP, Brazil, and Chemistry Institute of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, C. P. 780, São Carlos/SP, ...

Here, we provide further evidence that organogenesis compresses the cells at the boundary, separating the organ from the stem cell niche, and we show that this leads to nucleus compression and ...

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Experience the events of the first day of the Gallipoli Campaign in this App especially designed for tablet devices ...