New, Light-driven Nanomotor Is Simpler, More Promising, Scientists Say

Friday, June 5, 2009 - 08:21 in Physics & Chemistry

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. Now, a team of chemists is the latest to report a new mechanism to transform light straight into motion -- albeit at a very, very, very tiny scale.

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