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Published online 25 September 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010927-7
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Soft cell's hard shell explained
Cell scaffold shares mathematics of aeroplanes and toothpaste.
An old idea from building engineering and one from paint and paste technology are helping explain how cells can be soft yet strong. Tough flexibility allows blood to flow, wounds to heal and cancer to spread.
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