CSUF physics major finds her niche studying vinegar eelworms

Each week, Cal State Fullerton physics and philosophy student Ashley Robinson spends time in the campus lab studying millimeter-long vinegar eelworms under the microscope. These tiny nematodes have a unique behavior in that they can synchronize their body movements and perform in collective motion.
Similar to a school of fish or flock of birds, this characteristic allows the eelworms to create movement and generate force to push fluids and objects many times their own weight.
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