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Intestinal surface area doubles in mothers during pregnancy and nursing, study finds
The team observed that the intestinal villi reorganize during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and significantly enlarge, doubling their surface area. The studies were carried out in genetically ...
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Rocket-inspired reaction yields carbon with record surface area
A new synthesis technique detailed in the journal ACS Nano pushes carbon's surface area to an unprecedented 4,800 square meters per gram, equivalent to about the size of a football field packed ...
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Surface-to-Volume Ratio: The Key to Nanoscale Properties
Surface-to-volume ratio is a fundamental concept in nanotechnology that describes the relationship between the surface area and volume of a material or object. As the size of a material decreases to ...