Within an initiative aimed at supporting visionary research projects, the European Union has set aside research funds for the development of biological nanomotors. An international consortium of ...

The first simple applications for nanomotors could include rapid transportation of pharmaceutical agents to specific target areas, or the passage of specimen molecules through the tiny channels of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Sophisticated molecular-size motors have evolved in nature, where they are used in virtually every important biological process. In contrast, the development of synthetic ...

Enzymes, workhorse molecules of life that underpin almost every biological process, may have a new role as "intelligent" micro- and nanomotors with applications in medicine, engineering and other ...

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses the medical micro- and nanomotors in the body. Attributed to the miniaturized body size and active mobility, micro- and ...

Nanomotors have been controlled inside living cells for the first time, report a team of chemists and engineers. The scientists placed tiny rocket-shaped synthetic motors inside live human cells, ...

The image illustrates gas-driven micro/nanomotors (MNMs) and their biomedical applications. These motors utilize chemically generated gases (e.g., CO, H₂, H₂S, O₂, NO, CO₂) as propulsive forces to ...

Tiny rocket-shaped metal particles might one day take a wild ride inside your body. Researchers have, for the first time, installed “nanomotors” inside live human cells, they report in the journal ...

Researchers in the US have used computer simulations to show that nanometre-sized rotary motors could be driven by electron tunnelling. Although their design has not been confirmed experimentally, the ...

Research on nanomotors for various medical applications is an emerging field in nanoscience and researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have had a measure of success. The ...

Biological molecular nano-motors are MECHANO-ENZYMES which function by transducing chemical energy, often via the hydrolysis of ATP, to mechanical energy. They are key components of a large number of ...