Microscopic rotator (VIDEO)

University of Tokyo

Caption

Uninhibited, the algae can whizz along at over 100 micrometers per second. With four algae in the traps, the rotator moved at an average speed of between about 20-40 micrometers per second.

Credit

2024 The Shoji Takeuchi Research Group at the University of Tokyo

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