article_snippet.sent: Using X-ray beams, scientists were able to directly observe the microscopic changes that take place in skin to help skin resist tearing during scientists stomach churning experiments .
article_snippet.sent: It is probably the most unpleasant experiment you will read about today: what happens when your skin starts to tear.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers have uncovered the reason why skin is so difficult to tear even when put under extreme pressures, by cutting samples of real skin and attempting to pull samples of real skin apart.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers found that rather than simply tearing, mammalian skin actually has sophisticated stress resistance properties that prevent holes and cuts from expanding.
article_snippet.sent: Using X-ray beams Researchers were able to directly observe the microscopic changes that take place in skin to help skin resist tearing during Researchers stomach churning experiments.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers discovered that the curly fibers of collagen that make up dermis of the skin straighten and stretch in response to a tear to share the load and prevent further damage.
article_snippet.sent: The findings help to explain why the thin layer of cells that cover our bodies is able to provide such an effective barrier to the outside world.