Whenever such a bond occurred, the tip experienced a downward force which was registered by the microscope.
The serrated bread knife cuts with a sawing motion instead of a downward force, keeping your sandwich from getting smooshed.
In principle, muscles with shorter fibres ought to exert less downward force, making those who have them less firm on their feet.
Making a jumping robot is difficult because the downward force needed to propel it into the air usually pushes the legs through the water's surface.
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Unfortunately, because of the nature of air circulation, any downward-pointing force created aerodynamically generates a backward-pointing resistance in the process just as an increase in the lift of an aircraft wing as the flaps are lowered for take-off or landing creates more drag in the process, forcing the pilot to open the engine throttles to overcome the extra wind resistance.
There was a mandatory hook move something I'd never tried before where you cam a bent piece of steel into a crack and only the force of downward pressure keeps it in place.
But without strong economic growth, it seems likely that family formation and birthrates will continue downward everywhere, particularly as economic realities force reductions in state aid.
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Some argue, however, that the ageing of the labour force in most rich countries may be hiding a downward trend.
In addition, the conventional explanation for the high share of profits in 2006 was the downward pressure on wages arising from the growing Chinese manufacturing labour force, a factor that is unlikely to disappear soon.
Ms Gilmore and her team found that, in the 12 months after the smoking ban came into force, some 1, 200 fewer people were admitted to hospital with heart attacks than even the prevailing downward trend had suggested was likely.
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