Inside a cell

Click on the image to view a most intriguing scientific video. You’ll be shrunk to the size of a molecule, and transported away to spend a couple of minutes watching the complex happenings that occur inside a living cell.

The oddest machine to me is the molecular “walker” that’s towing the rubbery bag up and down the axon. According to the comments on the initial BoingBoing post, it’s called a kinesin.

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Video created by Harvard University’s BioVisions.

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