cilia

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By combining high speed imaging with three dimensional reconstructions of more than 1,000 cells, the researchers showed how networks of fused neurons coordinate the beating of cilia on different parts of the animal's body.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that cells can also use the cell cycle to control how they sprout hair-like projections called cilia.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

"We can change the direction of the material's magnetization at room temperature, which in turn allows us to completely change how the cilia flex. It's like getting a swimmer to change their stroke."

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Controlling the magnetic polarization -- or magnetization -- allows you to essentially dictate precisely how the cilia will flex when an external magnetic field is applied.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Spirochetes, like the ones attached to M. paradoxa, joined up and became the cilia of eukaryotic cells.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas