Viral video: literally

Researchers at Duke University developed a way to track a virus in ‘4D’ (as it attacks a cell) using a high-speed 3D tracking feedback mechanism and fluorescent marking. Pretty wicked!

How to Catch a Virus

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Serendipity. I was just listening to an interview about this on the Quirks and Quarks podcast while I was out walking the dog.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/jan-7-a-real-viral-video-is-scientific-innovation-stagnating-rocks-from-the-oort-cloud-and-more-1.6703639/viral-video-watch-this-microscopic-virus-try-to-infect-a-cell-1.6705850

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Hah! Same here. Looked it up while working on some photos and thought others might enjoy seeing it too. Been a Q&Q listener for over 40 years. Alas, it’s one of the few CBC Radio shows left that measures up to the network’s quality programming of its past. [sigh]

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