Researchers introduces the first toroidal, light-driven micro-robot that can move autonomously in viscous liquids, such as mucus. This innovation marks a major step forward in developing micro-robots ...

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Then they transferred these spheroids to a less sticky solution for another week, making the cilia (the small hairs on the cell surface) migrate to the outside of the spheroids, enhancing their ...

Cilia—those broomlike hairs that move mucus out of your lungs—start to repair themselves. Ten years after quitting, your risk of lung cancer is half that of someone still smoking. Your risk of other ...

Now, in a recently published Journal of Cell Biology paper, scientists used a newer electron microscopy technique, called volume electron microscopy (vEM), to examine how primary cilia on developing ...

But scientists recently made an unexpected discovery: Many particles are sporting parachutes made of mucus. Researchers observed this phenomenon when they brought a newly invented type of ...

The secretion left behind when the snails crawl on mesh or glass is used to make snail mucin products which are used in the ...

A "wet" or "moist" cough, also called a productive cough, describes a cough where mucus or phlegm is produced or heard. Treatments for a wet cough can depend on the cause, which may include the ...

Movement of the EPP toward the alveoli is thought ... A percussion frequency of 15–25 Hz is considered optimal for mucus transport [96,97], however, this may not be achievable via manual techniques.

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