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During birth, humans have gaps in the skulls that are enclosed by pieces of soft connective tissue known as fontanelles. Because of the fontanelles, the human skull is able to deform at the time of birth and pass successfully via the birth canal. Following the birth, the fontanelle tissue slowly turns to hard bone.

Inspired by the growth of bones in the skeleton, researchers at the universities of Linkoping in Sweden and Okayama in Japan have developed a combination of materials that can morph into various shapes before hardening.

Complex bone fractures can be hard to treat, sometimes requiring the injured bone to be replaced with bone harvested from elsewhere in the body. Thanks to a new material, though, bone-building micro-robots may someday provide an alternative.

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