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Bacteria Spinning Microscopic Pucks—A Physics Lesson from the Invisible World

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Imagine tiny swimmers not just pushing water around them, but somehow spinning a solid object like a hockey player setting up a shot—that's what bacteria are doing with physics we're only now understanding.

This means bacteria can manipulate their environment in ways we never quite grasped, which could unlock clues about biofilm formation, infection, and even new microscopic machine designs.


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