N.C. State: Tiny Organism Contracts 200 Times Faster Than We Can Blink - Here's How
June 27, 2026
June 27, 2026
RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 27 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:
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This Tiny Organism Contracts 200 Times Faster Than We Can Blink. Here's How.
A tiny, aquatic, single-celled organism can contract to one quarter of its body length in less than five milliseconds - hundreds of times faster than a human can blink. Researchers have discovered that the organism, Spirostomum ambiguum, uses a calcium-activate . . .
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This Tiny Organism Contracts 200 Times Faster Than We Can Blink. Here's How.
A tiny, aquatic, single-celled organism can contract to one quarter of its body length in less than five milliseconds - hundreds of times faster than a human can blink. Researchers have discovered that the organism, Spirostomum ambiguum, uses a calcium-activate . . .