Episode 285 - March 25 2013

from ACS Science Elements Hosted by American Chemical Society

Researchers are closing in on a way to create synthetic nanomotors capable of delivering drugs to individual cells. How one of life’s most versatile molecules could be transformed into an “intelligent” nanomotor for use in medicine and engineering. Why high-pressure micropumps could speed up results for some hospital tests.

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