Microscopic glass beads coated with lipid membranes provide a sensitive detector of interactions between proteins and ligands. The changing spatial order of the array of beads in solution is the key.
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Bayerl, T. A glass bead game. Nature 427, 105–106 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/427105a
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