Phys.org·4 min read·hard

Oil droplets remodel themselves, swallow their surroundings like living cells

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New York University
Oil droplets remodel themselves, swallow their surroundings like living cells
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NYU researchers discovered that microscopic oil droplets can mimic the complex shape-shifting behaviors of living cells using only simple chemistry. This finding suggests that morphogenesis can occur without biological machinery.

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