A Photon-Powered Nanomotor Made Out of DNA
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 15:07
in Biology & Nature
Nanomotors hold the promise of one day powering tiny robots that could do everything from fighting viruses to cleaning up toxic waste. Thanks to some scientists at the University of Florida, that day is getting rapidly closer; and some of these robots might end up solar-powered. A new paper published in the journal Nano Letters details how the researchers created the first light-powered nanomotor out of a photoreactive chemical and a short length -- only 31 base pairs -- of DNA. read more