To the casual eye, a memory foam mattress would appear to have no relationship to the behavior of cells and tissues. But an innovative study carried out at the Centro de Investigaciones ...

For several decades, research has studied the influence of the extracellular matrix (ECM) mechanical properties in cell response, primarily emphasising its elasticity as the main determinant of cell ...

The dynamics of polymer chains in solutions or melts can be studied by measuring their viscoelastic properties in oscillatory shear flows at certain frequencies, which can probe the motion of whole ...

A research group from the University of Osaka, ZEN University, and the University of Tokyo has mathematically uncovered the mechanism that causes crack tips to sharpen during the rapid fracture of ...

Fundamental aspects of polymer rheology, including the theory of linear viscoelasticity, measurement of fundamental flow properties, constitutive equations, the kinetic- molecular theories of ...

For centuries, doctors have used their hands as essential diagnostic tools - exploring joints and palpating abdomens to assess a patient's health. Often a cancer will reveal itself as a lump or ...

Viscoelastic compounds show time-dependent elongation under a constant load, a characteristic known as creep. They act like liquids under this type of strain, but recover partially once the strain is ...