How dense is a cell? Researchers have devised a way to answer that question
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 05:00
in Physics & Chemistry
More than 2,000 years after Archimedes found a way to determine the density of a kings crown by measuring its mass in two different fluids, MIT scientists have used the same principle to solve an equally vexing puzzle -- how to measure the density of a single cell.