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“Benedikt Pleyer spent years developing a technique of pipetting microbes into a droplet suspended by a string.”

Analyzed on 2026-09-26T14:44:07+00:00 · Last updated 2026-09-26

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It took him years to figure out how: by pipetting microbes (in this case, jellyfish larvae, which are no larger than a grain of pepper) into a droplet suspended by a string.

Extracted from: Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us , The New York Times

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The New York Times nytimes.com credibility 0.85 Supports

“It took him years to figure out how: by pipetting microbes (in this case, jellyfish larvae, which are no larger than a grain of pepper) into a droplet suspended by a string.”

Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us

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Claim ID CLM-8705E086
Slug benedikt-pleyer-spent-years-developing-a-technique-of-pipett-8705e086
Origin nytimes.com
Captured 8 d ago
Velocity 0.0/hr
Bias 0.00
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