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Tiny Machines Made of Microbes Biomimetics employs organisms as models for building new machines. But now new machines could be made of organisms. In fact, tiny machines from microorganisms. The single-celled Spirostomum, a Paramecium-related protozoan, resembling a tiny brown worm, can contract its 0.5 mm-long body to 25% of its length in a milli... 27 April 2007 06:58 GMT