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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Dust-Size "Crabs" Grab Living Cells in Lab Video


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After being activated by heat, a crab-like microgripper demonstrates its grabbing skills on a blue bead. The size of a dust particle, the gripper could someday be used in biopsies and surgery, a January 2009 study says.

Photo courtesy of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)