Urinary stents and catheters are implanted medical tubes that are widely used in human and veterinary medicine to drain urine ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have developed a non-invasive cleaning technology: microscopic cilia on the stent surface are activated by ultrasound ...

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

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, ...

This Research Topic is still accepting articles. Eukaryotic cilia and flagella are essential organelles that extend from the cell surface, playing crucial roles in sensory perception, motility, and ...

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 ...

While there are plenty of weird animals in nature, some of the strangest organisms can only be seen under a microscope. Here ...