Understanding the physics of pancakes to save sight
Understanding the textures and patterns of pancakes is helping UCL scientists improve surgical methods for treating glaucoma. (more…)
Understanding the textures and patterns of pancakes is helping UCL scientists improve surgical methods for treating glaucoma. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — The sponginess of the environment where human embryonic stem cells are growing affects the type of specialized cells they eventually become, a University of Michigan study shows.
The researchers coaxed human embryonic stem cells to turn into working spinal cord cells more efficiently by growing the cells on a soft, utrafine carpet made of a key ingredient in Silly Putty. Their study is published online at Nature Materials on April 13. (more…)