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2005 news stories > cell-based
nano machines break record > nano
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Nano engines
Gram for gram, the power of this protozoan coil outperforms
human muscles and car engines.
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Start your engines.
The coil of a Vorticella cell,
called a spasmoneme, is among the fastest
and most powerful cellular engines known.
[view video 4,577k]
Video length:
00:21
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Still images captured using the LCPolScope, developed
by Rudolf Oldenbourg, Guang Mei, and Mykhailo Shribak at the Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Video captured using the
Centrifuge Polarizing Microscope, developed by Shinya Inoué
at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Images by Danielle France.
Last updated December 2, 2005.
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