Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Video Pick: Engineering Artificial Cilia

Cilia and flagella, the protrusions that cells use for propulsion and sensing, often wave spontaneously. Zvonimir Dogic, a physicist at Brandeis University, wanted to understand what about their structure drives this waving motion so he fabricated artificial versions in the lab. Although much simpler, they will also spontaneously flap.

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