Researchers find that cells can at times have superelastic properties

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 08:30 in Physics & Chemistry

A team of researchers from Spain, France, Germany and Singapore has found that some cells under certain conditions can exhibit superelastic properties. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their study of epithelial cells and what they found. Manuel Théry and Atef Asnacios with Paris Diderot University have written a News and Views piece on the work done by the team in the same journal issue.

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