This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old mouse. This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old ...

A growth plate is a section of cartilage at the end of bone that allows the bone to grow. These plates turn into bone sometime during puberty when bone growth stops.

"While the increased growth may sound beneficial, our study also found that blue light exposure led to earlier structural changes in the growth plates of the rats' bones, suggesting an impact on ...