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Then he cut long blades of tough crab grass, and sat cross-legged on the ground tearing the grass lengthwise so that each blade became many strands.

They found that P. aeruginosa cells in biofilms are packed lengthwise and arranged perpendicularly to their growth substrate, the material that the bacteria live on and that contains the substance they are eating to survive and grow.

After filling the flats, he uses his finger or a piece of wood to make four or five parallel furrows lengthwise across the surface.

When cut lengthwise, the two carrot halves curl because the difference in stress becomes unbalanced.

To find out why they do this, scientists chopped carrots lengthwise to expose their insides, which helped them collect data on how the inner core of the carrot would be affected by refrigeration.