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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Sixth sense: How do we sense electric fields?

A variety of animals are able to sense and react to electric fields, and living human cells will move along an electric field, for example in wound healing. Now researchers have found the first actual 'sensor mechanism' that allows a living cell detect an electric field.

from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1RFrx3n
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