Popping

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The bulging of a hair graft above the scalp surface, an effect which is most common in patients with multiple scalp reduction procedures, which tighten the recipient site; popping can be minimised by using compression bandages

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Popcorn (Zea mays everta Sturt.) or popping corn is corn which expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated.

INHERITANCE STUDY OF MATURITY RELATED PLANT TRAITS IN TWO DIVERSE POPCORN GROUPS

A designer sandal is tipped over next to a carton of juicy strawberries, and a pearl necklace is carelessly tossed onto a bright box of Cheerios popping out like a yield sign.

Art that continues to 'pop'! The iconic genre continues to reflect the mass culture around us

Now, a group of chemists claims to have found that the secret to better popping is the crystalline structure of the kernel's hull.