BBC News – Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds
Natasha Roberts shared this link with me, it’s about microsensors essentially and how we are able to listen to vibrations due to pressure levels as small as 1/100 of the weight of a grain of salt ! No, seriously!
Check out the link below… just imagine the musical possibilities of being able to attach sensors to bacteria…
BBC News – Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds
A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.
Initially, researchers will use it to snoop on cells as they go about their daily business.
It may allow researchers to listen to how a drug disrupts micro-organisms, in the same way as a mechanic might listen to a car’s engine to find a fault.
A team from three UK institutions are building the device, which they hope will become standard lab equipment.
Institutions involved include the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford as well as the National Institute of Medical Research at Mill Hill.
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