Magnetic microalgae: Tiny swimmers are on a mission to become robots
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart developed a biohybrid micro ...
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Can Earth’s rotation generate power? Physicists divided over controversial claim
Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is ...
Scientists Create Microscopic Algae Robots With Incredible Swimming Abilities
Magnetized algae micro swimmers retain speed and maneuverability, showing promise for targeted drug delivery in confined ...
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Magnetic microalgae on a mission to become robots
They created a uniform magnetic field and repeatedly changed its direction. “We found that microalgal biohybrids navigate 3D-printed microchannels in three ways: backtracking, crossing ...
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Vortion, a new magnetic state able to mimic neuronal synapses
Thus, different magnetic states (e.g., vortices with different properties or states with uniform magnetic orientation ... anisotropy or the critical fields at which vortions are formed or annihilated.