Electronic Beats
Scientists create an artificial heart fiber that can mimic the movement in a living heart.
Image:
An artificial heart fiber (left) beating at different frequencies, while a circle-shaped cantilever (right) measures the force of the contractions.
Credit: Veniamin Sidorov VIIBRE Vanderbilt
Paper:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706116305967
Source:
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/48629/title/Image-of-the-Day--Electronic-Beats/
#research #biotechnology #artificialheart
I can imagine the sound now, a slow, steady tempo. Then as it gets 'excited', the beat increases, a symphony of heart strings playing a tune
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