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Breaking Newton's laws of motion
November 5 , 2023
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- Newton's third law of motion is one of the most well-known laws of physics, which states, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
- But the biological swimmers such as sperm, this may not be the case.
- The human sperm and Chlamydomonas algae can swim by deforming their bodies in a way that does not elicit a response from their surroundings.
- Both sperm cells and Chlamydomonas algae employ hair-like appendages known as flagella to facilitate movement.
- They go against Newton’s third law because they don’t trigger an equal and opposite reaction from their environment.
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