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May 19, 2004 |
Junctions Expand Nano Railroads Researchers from the University of Washington and Sandia National Laboratories have co-opted cell proteins for use in track networks that can be integrated into nanotechnology devices to shuttle tiny amounts of materials around.   |
Chemistry World
May 12, 2006
Yfke Hager |
Biomolecular Traffic Control Dutch researchers have developed a biomotor that steers microtubules to a specific location on a chip. The breakthrough takes nanotechnologists a step closer to developing finely controlled nanometer-scale transport systems. |
HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Sarah C.P. Williams |
One Foot in Front of the Other In every type of living cell, materials jet around in a similar variety of manners. The way cellular cargo travels depends on its size, where it's headed, how quickly it must arrive, and how much energy is available. |
Chemistry World
August 22, 2011
Jon Cartwright |
Manmade molecular machine goes to work Manmade molecules can generate similar forces to natural molecular machines, and could help chemists to design artificial molecular machines for meaningful tasks. |
Chemistry World
January 2010
Philip Ball |
Welcome to the machine Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical? |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2012
Sarah C. P. Williams |
Force Factor In the context of cells, forces are required to move molecules. Quantifying these forces gives scientists a way to compare and contrast different molecular motors. |
Technology Research News
November 17, 2004 |
Lasers Drive Nano Locomotive A researcher has designed a laser-powered molecular locomotive that runs along a molecular track and can generate a pulling force ten times greater than that of kinesin, a biological molecular motor. |
Reactive Reports
David Bradley |
Nanotechnology Sticks its Neck Out An unexpected finding by a team of physicists and biologists could become instrumental in making nanoscale materials with a range of applications in gene and drug delivery, enzymatic synthesis, and encapsulation systems for biosensors as well as optoelectronic components. |
Technology Research News
November 3, 2004
Smalley & Patch |
DNA Machines Take a Walk Researchers working to form nanoscale machines and materials are increasingly tapping into nature's building blocks. |
Chemistry World
December 2, 2014
Nina Notman |
Let the molecules do the talking Communication using chemical signals happens all the time inside every living thing, as well as between organisms. |
