The tiny cyanobacteria use the principle of the lens in the human eye to perceive light direction
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 10:26
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have been trying to figure out how it is possible for bacteria to perceive light and react to it ever since they started using microscopes 300 years ago. Scientists have now solved this riddle: In studies on so-called cyanobacteria, the researchers demonstrated that these tiny organisms of only a few micrometers in size move toward a light source using the same principle of the lens in the human eye.