Microscopic command centers in our bodies called primary cilia—once thought irrelevant—could be hidden switches powering ...

Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the ...

Implanted tubes that transport bodily fluids can get gross. A lab prototype suggests a new vibration-based way to keep them clean and prevent infection.

A new electronic skin sensor uses magnetic cilia to detect both pressure and magnetic fields for applications in health and touchless interfaces. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic skin, or e-skin, ...

Then it has to escape the mucus in our windpipes that capture particles, which are then swept out by tiny hairs called cilia ... whiplike structures called flagella, they have some limited ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

A pandemic of lianas is sweeping through tropical forests, reducing their ability to store carbon and limiting their role in ...