Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside living cells (w/ video)
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 09:00
in Physics & Chemistry
For the first time, a team of chemists and engineers at Penn State University have placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells, propelled them with ultrasonic waves and steered them magnetically. It's not exactly "Fantastic Voyage," but it's close. The nanomotors, which are rocket-shaped metal particles, move around inside the cells, spinning and battering against the cell membrane.