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Cell Mechanics in Engineering Mechanics Cell mechanics is not only a frontier field of biomechanics, but also an important part of tissue engineering. It involves the study of cell membrane,…
Organ growth in many flowering plants progresses through two phases: cell proliferation and cell elongation. Recent work has indicated that class 1 KNOX genes regulate cell proliferation. These genes encode…
As the demand for food increases with the ever-growing world population, crop production and growing efficiency must also be sustainably increased. Many factors, including energy cost, land allocation, and water…
Diabetes, a serious global epidemic growing at a tremendous rate, affects about 26 million people in the United States. Diabetes occurs when the pancreas cannot produce sufficient insulin or use…
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the number one killer worldwide and is responsible for 12.2% of all deaths. CHD is caused by a plaque buildup in the heart’s arteries, which…
Magnetohydrodynamics describes the complex interactions between water and magnetic fields. These interactions are relatively small in magnitude, and difficult to measure. However, the magnet-water interactions can be seen through the…
In 2011, record snowfall and rainfall along with tropical storm Irene damaged trout habitat within the tributaries of the Lake Champlain Basin, causing the Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout) population to…
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