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Engineers track bacteria's kayak paddle-like motion for first time

Physics / Soft Matter

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Yale engineers have for the first time observed and tracked E. coli bacteria moving in a liquid medium with a motion similar to that of a kayak paddle.


Rethinking Brownian motion with the 'Emperor's New Clothes'

Physics / Soft Matter

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 10

In the classic fairy tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen uses the eyes of a child to challenge conventional wisdom and help others to see more clearly. In similar fashion, researchers at the University ...


Cooperative forces boost collective mobility of cells

Cooperative forces boost collective mobility of cells

Physics / Soft Matter

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

An article by Dr. Xavier Trepat, senior researcher of the Cellular and respiratory biomechanics group at the University of Barcelona, Spain, contributes for the first time an experimental answer to the question ...




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