Microswimmers: Micron-scale swimming robots could deliver drugs, carry cargo using simple motion

Monday, August 6, 2012 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) -- When you’re just a few microns long, swimming can be difficult. At that size scale, the viscosity of water is more like that of honey, and momentum can’t be relied upon to maintain forward motion.

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