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Mechanical properties

Stiffness Gradients Mimicking In Vivo Tissue Variation Regulate Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate

Justin R. Tse, Adam J. Engler

Surprisingly Simple Mechanical Behavior of a Complex Embryonic Tissue

Michelangelo von Dassow, James A. Strother, Lance A. Davidson

Complexity of the Tensegrity Structure for Dynamic Energy and Force Distribution of Cytoskeleton during Cell Spreading

Ting-Jung Chen, Chia-Ching Wu, [ ... ], Fong-Chin Su

Soft Substrates Promote Homogeneous Self-Renewal of Embryonic Stem Cells via Downregulating Cell-Matrix Tractions

Farhan Chowdhury, Yanzhen Li, [ ... ], Tetsuya S. Tanaka

Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider

Ingi Agnarsson, Matjaž Kuntner, Todd A. Blackledge

Soft Matrices Suppress Cooperative Behaviors among Receptor-Ligand Bonds in Cell Adhesion

Jin Qian, Huajian Gao

Adaptation to Delayed Force Perturbations in Reaching Movements

Noa Levy, Assaf Pressman, Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi, Amir Karniel

Fluidization and Resolidification of the Human Bladder Smooth Muscle Cell in Response to Transient Stretch

Cheng Chen, Ramaswamy Krishnan, [ ... ], Jeffrey J. Fredberg

α5β1 Integrin-Fibronectin Interactions Specify Liquid to Solid Phase Transition of 3D Cellular Aggregates

Carlos E. Caicedo-Carvajal, Troy Shinbrot, Ramsey A. Foty

Force-Field Compensation in a Manual Tracking Task

Valentina Squeri, Lorenzo Masia, [ ... ], Elena Vergaro

Dynamics of the Bacterial Intermediate Filament Crescentin In Vitro and In Vivo

Osigwe Esue, Laura Rupprecht, Sean X. Sun, Denis Wirtz

The Advantages of a Tapered Whisker

Christopher M. Williams, Eric M. Kramer

Isoform-Specific Contributions of α-Actinin to Glioma Cell Mechanobiology

Shamik Sen, Meimei Dong, Sanjay Kumar

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