Freshwater bivalves like these California floater mussels are critical species for the health of our waters. And although we don’t think of mussels as being very mobile, they’re actually quite Keep reading
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Artificial Microswimmers
Tiny organisms swim through a world much more viscous than ours. To do so, they swim asymmetrically, often using wave-like motions of tiny, hair-like cilia along their bodies. Mimicking this Keep reading
Swimming at Microscale
Tiny organisms live in a world dominated by viscosity. There’s no coasting or gliding. If a microorganism stops swimming, friction will bring it to a halt in less than the Keep reading