Mixing microbial suspensions with a little bit of light

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Many swimming microorganisms respond to light stimuli. Can we then use light to change the behaviour of a whole population and “order” the suspension to mix itself? Discover it in our new work, just accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters. A collaboration with our friends at IMEDEA (Link to be added asap. In the meantime you can access the Arxiv version).

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