Under the microscope, strong-swimming swamp bacteria spontaneously organize into crystals

Monday, April 6, 2015 - 21:50 in Physics & Chemistry

The researchers dubbed the individual cells "microscopic tornadoes" for their rapid rotation, which both forms the crystals by drawing in other cells and then powers the crystals' own motion.

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