The cells of the alga are normally about 10 micrometers in size, carry two flagella and have a primitive ... In addition, the algae regulate the amount of its light-sensitive receptors and produce ...

Dr Azam Gholami, an associate professor of physics at NYUAD, is examining the algae’s hair-like protrusions called flagella, only one millionth of a metre in size, that beat in unison to ...