Science news articles about 'mechanical stimuli'

... sheds new light on the workings of mechanotransduction, the process by which cells convert mechanical stimuli into electrical activity. Defects in mechanotransduction genes can cause devastating ...

... to study mechanical regulation of the Wnt/?-catenin signaling more generally. The ability to respond to mechanical stimuli may also affect ?-catenin-related tumorigenesis in disorders such as colon ...

... on this," he says. "These future piezoelectric nanodevices will also generate an electrical current in response to mechanical stimuli. Then, the energy will be stored in batteries or, even better, in ...

... in 1875, Merkel cells are neuroendocrine cells that reside in the vertebrate epidermis, passing mechanical stimuli on to sensory neurons. In mice, they are mainly found in the paws and around the ...

... already grown cartilage tissue in the lab. Now they are experimenting with various chemical and mechanical stimuli to improve its properties. Cartilage is one of the very rare tissues that lacks the ...