The molecular motor made of genetic material self-assembles and converts electrical energy into kinetic energy. The new nanomotors can be switched on and off, and the researchers can control the rotation speed and rotational direction.
Jul 21, 2022
Nanotubes may provide a cunning answer to the mystery of how the virus that causes COVID infects neurons and produces long-lasting neurological symptoms
Jul 20, 2022
Building devices at the nanoscale is difficult because small molecules move about randomly, but now researchers have made a working rotor using DNA
Jul 20, 2022
Building devices at the nanoscale is difficult because small molecules move about randomly, but now researchers have made a working rotor using DNA
Jul 20, 2022
Building devices at the nanoscale is difficult because small molecules move about randomly, but now researchers have made a working rotor using DNA
Jul 20, 2022
Physicists have demonstrated how simulations using quantum computing can enable observation of a distinctive state of matter taken out of its normal equilibrium. Such novel states of matter could one day lead to developments in fast, powerful quan...
Jul 20, 2022
Microbiologists have shed light on the structure of an enzyme that produces formic acid from molecular hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The enzyme of the bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui was discovered a few years previously by microbiolo...
Jul 20, 2022
The US institute has selected four algorithms that will be developed to protect data from a future quantum computer attack The post NIST selects four ‘post-quantum’ encryption standards appeared first on Physics World.
Jul 20, 2022
Cancers in humans have all sorts of ways to survive and thrive: Cells and tumors alike engage in devious means to deflect, deceive, and evade detection by our bodies' immune systems.
Jul 20, 2022
Acoustic devices now play key roles in mobile phones and other electronics, but these often control sound waves passively. Now scientists have for the first time developed a way to electrically control and modify sound waves on a chip actively, po...
Jul 20, 2022
