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Cell-like nanorobots clear bacteria and toxins from blood
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny ultrasound-powered robots that can swim through blood, removing...
Jun 11, 20183 min read
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms or sniffing out gas leaks....
May 19, 20183 min read
Built for speed: DNA nanomachines take a (rapid) step forward
When it comes to matching simplicity with staggering creative potential, DNA may hold the prize. Built from an alphabet of just four...
May 14, 20185 min read
How to build a better railway -- in (almost) every cell in your body
New work from the University of Warwick shows how a microscopic 'railway' system in our cells can optimise its structure to better suit...
Mar 16, 20182 min read
Cancer-fighting nanorobots programmed to seek and destroy tumors
In a major advancement in nanomedicine, Arizona State University (ASU) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National...
Feb 12, 20185 min read
Physicists build muscle for shape-changing, cell-sized robots
An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible? Cornell...
Dec 28, 20173 min read
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