cilia

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Only a few previous magnetic cilia have made use of 'hard' magnets, which are capable of producing their own magnetic field.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Researchers have now demonstrated a technique for creating magnetic cilia that can be "reprogrammed," changing their magnetic properties at room temperature to change the motion of the cilia as needed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

In other words, they substantially erase the preprogrammed magnetization that was shared by all of the microparticles when the cilia were fabricated.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Controlling the magnetic polarization -- or magnetization -- allows you to essentially dictate precisely how the cilia will flex when an external magnetic field is applied.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

His cilia are not cilia at all, but individual spirochetes, and at the base of attachment of each spirochete is an oval organelle, embedded in the myxotricha membrane, which is a bacterium.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas