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posted 15. December 2005 20:02

Source: LiveScience.com

High-Speed Microscopic Engine Found
By Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 12 December 2005
08:10 am ET

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More than 300 years after Leeuwenhoek first observed Vorticella convallaria, as the microscopic pond organism is now called, scientists are finding that its spring-like stalk is one of the fastest cellular engines ever discovered.

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