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Tiny remote-controlled tubes might someday let doctors deliver potent drugs to the exact spots in the body where they are most needed.
Buckyballs, among the most used and certainly the most celebrated of manmade nanoparticles, might represent a potent health threat.
The carbon nanotube and DNA sandwich might one day join a growing list of tiny probes that could be launched into the human body to monitor health.
The goal is to cut through red tape, jumpstart progress and allow genius to shine.
Sunlight powers this little engine, which produces zero waste.
These natural coils inside living cells could one day be used in developing incredibly small machines in the nano realm.
Using new machinery, researchers have drilled holes narrower than a human hair in stainless steel and other materials.
The spring-like appendage is one of the fastest cellular engines ever discovered.
Researchers are working a high-tech way to trick people into desiring less fat without dangerous side effects.
It has a chassis, axles, a pivoting suspension and wheels. But it'd be a real squeeze to take it for a spin.
Can draw lines thinner than a red blood cell.
Biodegradable shapes could deliver DNA or drugs into your body one day.
Nano-probes let scientists look inside cell nuclei.
Watch it run!
Quantum experimentation yields better catalytic converters for cleaner air
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