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Gas vesicles (GVs) are hollow protein nanostructures synthesized by phototrophic haloarchaea and cyanobacteria to regulate their flotation in aquatic habitats.

Bioengineered GVs have been genetically modified for diverse purposes; ultrasonic molecular imaging, gauging cellular turgor pressures, and vaccine delivery - but none of their current applications exploits their most fundamental characteristic: buoyancy.

Buoyancy scales with volume while Stokes’ drag scales with effective radius: Our modelling shows clusters of GVs float enormously better than individual GVs

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-           <div style="position: absolute; right: 5%; width: 35%; font-size: 2.3em; line-height: 1.4; font-family: 'Poppins'; top: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%);">Our modelling indicates that clusters of GVs float several orders of magnitude better than individual GVs, as buoyancy scales with volume while Stokes’ drag scales with effective radius.</div>
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