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Authors:Press release Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung
Title:Researchers from Potsdam discover why tendons are as strong as steel ropes
(Potsdam) A team at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG) has discovered new properties of collagen: During the intercalation of minerals in collagen fibres, a contraction tension is generated that is a hundred times stronger than muscle strength.
Text source: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesJournal:Press release Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung Year:2022;
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