Nano-machines are ultra-tiny mechanical devices fabricated by assembling one atom at a time. These machines have a very wide applicability for operating at the molecular level — attacking diseases, ...

If the new nano-machines built at The Ohio State University look familiar, it's because they were designed with full-size mechanical parts such as hinges and pistons in mind. The project is the first ...

Recently, a research team from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France, led by Nicolas Giuseppone and working at laboratories across the country, have come up with a ...

For the first time, an assembly of thousands of nano-machines capable of producing a coordinated contraction movement extending up to around ten micrometers, like the movements of muscular fibers, has ...

By creating nanoscale machines small enough to transverse inside the blood stream, disease and traumatic injuries can be diagnosed and treated with increased speed and sensitivity. An important ...

Move over human chemists, there are now molecule-sized robot arms that do chemical synthesis with high selectivity and efficiency, and take no vacation. A team of researchers led by chemist David A.

One of the major applications touted for nanotechnology is in human health where, somehow, magical small machines are going to diagnose and cure all manner of ills. Of course, the technology is ...

A major advance in nanotechnology with far-reaching potential benefits in medicine and other fields is to be announced at this year's BA Festival of Science in Dublin. Scientists have built molecules ...