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Bacteria Propel Themselves with Slime Jets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ka-WHOOSH dept.

galactic_grub writes "Scientists have discovered that some bacteria propel themselves along using tiny jets of slime. According to this story on NewScientistTech, the researchers previously thought the slime was a lubricant. They believe the same technique could be used to move nano-devices around."

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  1. Nice, but by nem75 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How will they teach the bacteria to move the devices where they want them to be?

  2. Re:With Apologies To Bill Watterson by binford2k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The hover effects on your web page are annoying and make it almost unreadable. I wouldn't have even bothered reading it except that I have a bookmarklet to remove all colors for pages like that.

  3. Re:With Apologies To Bill Watterson by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks--I'd botched my CSS. It's fixed now.

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    Obliteracy: Words with explosions

  4. Re:With Apologies To Bill Watterson by simcop2387 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Would you be willing to provide a link to that bookmarklet? it'd be a wonder thing to have.