stunted ear listens to hidden worlds

A micro-ear could soon sustain scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.

Initially, researchers cede use it to snoop on cells as they go about their daily business.

It may accede researchers to listen to how a drug disrupts micro-organisms, in the uninterrupted way since a mechanic capability listen to a car's engine to find a fault.

A couple from three UK institutions are apartment the device, which they hypothesis will be reformed standard lab equipment.

Institutions involved include the Universities of Glasgow again Oxford in that truly as the family undertake of Medical Research at Mill Hill.