Study reveals new geometric shape used by nature to pack cells efficiently
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-reveals-geometric-nature-cells-efficiently.html
However, a group of scientists dug deeper into this phenomenon and discovered a new geometric shape in the process.
They uncovered that, during tissue bending, epithelial cells adopt a previously undescribed shape that enables the cells to minimize energy use and maximize packing stability. The team's results will be published in Nature Communications in a paper called "Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia".