The world's smallest hammer is only as small as a cell

US scientists successfully built a hammer the size of a cell to study the effect of mechanical force on single brain cells.

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, successfully built the world's smallest hammer called "μ Hammer" or " micro Hammer" to conduct research on the effect of mechanical force on single brain cells. Odd at the nanoscale, UPI on February 2 reported.

MicroBoard is a small sized machine like a cell. It is capable of varying mechanical forces on neural progenitor cells, stem cells in the center of the brain and nerve tissue.

MicroBammers are also equipped with cell sorting technology, which helps isolate individual cells for diagnosis and treatment of immunotherapy. It can analyze the biological structure and effects of disease in real time.

" This project allows to accurately measure the physical, chemical, and biological changes of cells when they are subjected to a mechanical impact from a small to large scale, " said Megan Valentine, a member of the research team. , said.