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World Service,04 Oct 2014,40 mins

Self Assembly

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Cells working together to build a human embryo, a swarm of bees, robots joining forces to explore challenging terrain. These are all examples of self assembly – the coming together of simple units to form something of great complexity. To explore this wide-ranging area of research Bridget Kendall is joined by experimental biologist Jamie Davies, chemical engineer and physicist Sharon Glotzer and robotics engineer Roderich Gross. (Photo: Bees working together: Credit: Matt Cardy/ Getty Images)

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