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Mini spheres perform feats of strength with bubble power

Arrays of ‘protocells’ powered by gas bubbles can loft large items to the surface of a container of water.
Catalase-containing organoclay/DNA microcapsules

DNA-based spheres waft upward through a container of water, powered by oxygen bubbles (black). Credit: B. V. V. S. P. Kumar et al./Nat. Chem.

Miniature capsules shoot through water with the help of an unlikely power source — oxygen bubbles.

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Nature 560, 530 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06002-2

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