Silk moth's antenna inspires new nanotech tool with applications in Alzheimer's research

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 13:20 in Biology & Nature

By mimicking the structure of the silk moth's antenna, University of Michigan researchers led the development of a better nanopore - a tiny tunnel-shaped tool that could advance understanding of a class of neurodegenerative diseases that includes Alzheimer's...

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