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Contact: Denise Brehm
brehm@mit.edu
617-253-8069
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Microfluidics Device

Caption: Using microfluidics technology and videomicroscopy, researchers at MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering demonstrated that marine bacteria are able to make use of their swimming abilities to reach nutrient patches when they appear.

Credit: Roman Stocker, MIT

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