A team was able to show that swimming movements are possible even without a central control unit. This not only explains the behavior of microorganisms, it could also enable nanobots to move in a ...
Bacteria can do it, amoebas can do it, even blood cells can do it: They all have the ability to move in a goal-oriented way in liquids. And they do so despite having extremely simple structures ...
Artist's impression of a tiny swimming creature: The body is modelled as a chain with several mass points in the computer simulation. Bacteria can do it, amoebas can do it, even blood cells can do it: ...