Micro-ear lets scientists eavesdrop on the micro-world

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 17:21 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acting as a microscope for sound, a new device called a micro-ear could make objects on the micro-scale audible. The device could enable scientists to listen to the sounds that cells and bacteria make as they move about, as well as listen to micro-scale events such as how drugs interact with microorganisms.

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