#microswimmers

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Fluid Flows Break Up Microswimmer Clumps

The field of active matter looks at the collective motion of particles and organisms--how birds flock and fish school. (Image and research credit: T. Zhou and J. Brady; via APS)

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[terri104]

Scientists 3D print microscopic Star Trek spaceship that moves on its own

A team of physicists at a university in the Netherlands have 3D-printed a microscopic version of the USS Voyager, an Intrepid-class starship

"By studying synthetic microswimmers, we would like to understand biological microswimmers," Samia Ouhajji, one of the study's authors, told CNN. "This understanding could aid in developing new drug delivery vehicles; for example, microrobots that swim autonomously and deliver drugs at the desired location in the human body."

[ourcollectiveascension]

Thrilled to see the astounding advances in science this week 😐🚀🪐😅

Scientists 3D print microscopic Star Trek spaceship that moves on its own

By Alaa Elassar, CNN

Sun, November 08, 2020

"This understanding could aid in developing new drug delivery vehicles; for example, microrobots that swim autonomously and deliver drugs at the desired location in the human body."

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Corralling Corals

So much of fluid dynamics is seeking patterns. Shown here are two sets of patterns, each created by a different species of coral larvae.  (Image credit: G. Juarez and D. Gysbers) Read the full article

[sachwlang]

Artificial microswimmers slow down and accumulate in low-fuel regions -- ScienceDaily

Artificial microswimmers slow down and accumulate in low-fuel regions — ScienceDaily

A Mason Engineering researcher has discovered that artificial microswimmers accumulate where their speed is minimized, an idea that could have implications for improving the efficacy of targeted cancer therapy. Jeff Moran, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Volgenau School of Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Washington in Seattle studied self-propelled…

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[pluralzalpha]

This unfeasibly tiny 3D printed Star Trek ship can move under its own power

Behold the power of 3D micro-printing technology and catalytic propulsion.

[randdmag]

First plant-based "microswimmers" could propel drugs to the right location

In the quest to shrink motors so they can maneuver in tiny spaces like inside and between human cells, scientists have taken inspiration from millions of years of plant evolution and incorporated, for the first time, corkscrew structures from plants into a new kind of helical “microswimmer.” The low-cost development, which appears in ACS’ journal Nano Letters, could be used on a large scale in targeted drug delivery and other applications. 

Read More - http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/12/first-plant-based-%E2%80%9Cmicroswimmers%E2%80%9D-could-propel-drugs-right-location