cilia

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In the lungs, their cilia sway back and forth to keep fluids like mucus from collecting.

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

To make the cilia, the researchers introduce the magnetic microparticles into a polymer dissolved in a liquid.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Most magnetic cilia make use of 'soft' magnets, which do not generate a magnetic field but become magnetic in the presence of a magnetic field.

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