News tagged with nanomotor
New, light-driven nanomotor is simpler, more promising, scientists say
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sunflowers track the sun as it moves from east to west. But people usually have to convert sunlight into electricity or heat to put its power to use.
Viruses, start your engines!
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Dec 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering at structures only atoms across, researchers have identified the clockwork that drives a powerful virus nanomotor. Because of the motor's strength--to scale, twice that of an automobile--the ...
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Nanotech researchers develop artificial pore
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through ...
Researchers create the first thermal nanomotor in the world
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Researchers from the UAB Research Park have created the first nanomotor that is propelled by changes in temperature. A carbon nanotube is capable of transporting cargo and rotating like a conventional motor, but is a million ...
Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind'
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind.
Pianist blends nanotechnology with music
Nov 15, 2007 |
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If the hard science of nanotechnology took on the soft curves of classical music, what would it sound like? The two will come together at a concert Friday, under the nimble fingers of pianist Milton Schlosser, ...
EU supports research towards the construction of nanomotors
Mar 16, 2006 |
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Within an initiative aimed at supporting visionary research projects, the European Union has set aside research funds for the development of biological nanomotors. An international consortium of scientists, ...
Physicist develops natural motor technique
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 21, 2007 |
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Physicists from the University of Georgia have developed a new way to create "natural motors" for tiny machines.
Turbocharged Nanomotors
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanorobots that are introduced into the body to eradicate tumor cells or clean out clogged arteries are not just science fiction; they are a realistic vision of the technological possibilities of the not-so-distant ...
Teaching Nano to Swim
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ayusman Sen, head of the Department of Chemistry at Penn State, makes tiny, metallic objects do something extraordinary -- he makes them swim. Sen's work is driven by catalysis, the chemical phenomenon whereby ...
Unique Electrochromic Windows and Synthetic Nanomotor Win 'The Oscars of Technology'
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Jul 07, 2004 |
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A unique new type of energy-saving electrochromic window and the smallest synthetic motor ever reported, both of which were developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley Nation ...
Nano World: First solar-powered nano motor
Jan 24, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists has created the first molecular motor powered solely by sunlight. By acting like pistons that move back and forth, these motors, which are only nanometers or billionths of ...
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