elongation

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Using their technique, the team was able to observe, for the first time, the elongation of multiple pollen tubes within a living pistil and their unique attraction to female tissue.

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Prodding individual rotors in the metamaterial and tracking the resulting displacements and elongations in the system, the researchers identified different 'mechanical molecules': groups of rotors and springs which move as a single unit.

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When an individual stretches, 50% to 70% of the elongation is absorbed into the muscle belly, i.e., the fleshy part of the muscle containing most fibers.

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That gradual elongation happened because workers were moving farther from their workplaces, often forced to the margins by the rising cost of housing in job centers.

From Seattle Times

It was also observed that SCAFs activated dendrite elongation by stimulating a signaling pathway involved in reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton -- forces responsible for cell movement and cell morphology.

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