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Microscopic synthetic structures are specially shaped objects that perform or move in intended ways when acted on by swarms of bacteria.

The dawn of the cyborg bacteria is here

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It might be, but at a tiny level: Scientists at UPenn are working on using bacteria to control small synthetic structures, hoping to one day use them to deliver highly targeted doses of medicine. And don’t worry about the apocalypse: They still can’t defeat a bottle of bleach.

In an archive photo, student Mary Duke Webber uses a microscope at Duke University at some time in the late 1930s.

How small is small? Try looking at the nano-dimension

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bacterial nanowires

‘Bacterial nanowires’ may lead to breakthroughs in semiconductors, fuel cells and more

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