Polychaetes in the News
Worms, I hope you'll agree, have a lot to teach us about our world. Here's a collection of polychaete news stories. Some are serious, some are funny, and most involved someone thinking outside of the square. All links open in a new window.
| Materials Science | |
| Jaws of clamworm are hardened by zinc - How Nereis limbata may help improve your tyres. | |
| Human Medicine & Genetics | |
| Artificial Worm Movement for Colonoscopy Guidance - Hydrostatic inspiration to make an unpleasant experience a little easier. | |
| Learning to Crawl - Another article on the same device. | |
| Comparative analysis of HOX genes in Chaetopterus - Just one example of how polychaete model systems help humans understand some of the foundations of development. | |
| Robotics and Search/Rescue | |
| RoboWorm - Some videos of emulating polychaete motion for robots in difficult environments. | |
| Out There Physiology (Xenobiology Practice?) | |
| Electric Lugworms - These innkeepers are utilising the electrical potential of reducing environments to pay the food bill! | |
| Whale Falls and Hydrothermal Environments - A quick look at some of Craig Smith's whale-fall work | |
| Unified Field Theory of Biology?! - A popular article glimpse at an astounding discovery, one of the few unifying metazoan principles! And polychaetes played an important role, of course. | |
last modified 5 October 2005