{"id":659230,"date":"2020-06-26T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=659230"},"modified":"2020-06-26T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:03:00","slug":"from-the-lab-the-first-cartilage-mimicking-gel-thats-strong-enough-for-knees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=659230","title":{"rendered":"From the lab, the first cartilage-mimicking gel that&#039;s strong enough for knees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person&#8217;s weight, but soft and supple enough to cushion the joint against impact, over decades of repeat use. That combination of soft-yet-strong has been hard to reproduce in the lab. But now, Duke University researchers say they&#8217;ve created an experimental gel that&#8217;s the first to match the strength and durability of the real thing.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-06-lab-cartilage-mimicking-gel-strong-knees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">From the lab, the first cartilage-mimicking gel that&#8217;s strong enough for knees<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Phys.org&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person&#8217;s weight, but soft and supple enough to cushion the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phys-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=659230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=659230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}