Collaborate Disseminate
The body uses protein-based molecular motors to perform functions essential to life. Now, researchers have created ‘The Lawnmower,’ the first synthetic motor modeled on those found in nature that propels itself by harnessing the energy it creates as it… Continue reading First synthetic protein motor creates its own fuel as it ‘mows’
Nano-engineering happens all day long in our bodies, and California startup Aether is designing and testing millions of new enzymes to do a range of other useful tasks – like directly extracting battery-grade lithium from sources nobody else can use.Co… Continue reading Aether’s nano-machines: From super-cheap lithium to brand new molecules
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s first electric nanomotors made of DNA. The self-assembling structures can be activated by an electric charge to spin a ratcheting rotor arm.Continue ReadingCategory: Sci… Continue reading First self-assembling DNA nanomotor runs on electricity
In many fields of technology, smaller is better, and machinery is now getting so tiny it’s measured in mere atoms. Researchers at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany have now developed what they claim are the world’s smallest working … Continue reading World’s smallest gears measure mere nanometers to power molecular machines
Tiny structures made of mechanically interlocked molecules can act as “molecular machines,” and this hugely exciting area of chemistry research that stretches back decades has seen some particularly significant developments in recent years. Princeton U… Continue reading Peptides fashioned into world’s smallest biomechanically linked structure