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| World’s First Molecular Robot Created By UK Scientists
October 8, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
 The field of nanorobotics is young but growing rapidly. One research team is working on self-aware nanobots who can deliver drugs inside the body right where they’re needed. Another group at Rice University built a nanocar. A collaboration of several US universities recently announced the creation of a photodynamic nanodrill. When it encounters light or a laser, it spins and can drill right down into a cancer cell, killing it. Now, a team at the University of Manchester in the UK has reached another milestone. They’ve developed a robot so small, it operates on the molecular level. This, the world’s first molecular robot has an arm which can manipulate individual molecules or move them in clusters. The thing is a millionth of a millimeter in size. To give you an idea of the scale we’re talking about, one quintillion (a billion billion) of them piled together would be about equal to a few grains of salt. Each machine is comprised of 150 atoms. That includes carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen atoms. Though small, these machines could offer us incredible capabilities, such as to work in tiny, molecular factories, in order to manufacture the next generation of materials and products. (READ MORE) |
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