Nanobots
An ETH Zurich team has built millions of stem-cell-infused injectable nanorobots that helped paralysed mice regain movement within weeks, hinting at a faster future route to repairing spinal injuries.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly we are finding new ways to manipulate and change our world – at the nanoscale. Love the Exponential…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nanobots small enough to enter brain cells and listen and record what they do is definitely sci-fi and it’s also…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Over 2,500 children eat batteries each year and some die, edible batteries could prevent that, but they also have other…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to making big things humanity’s great, but we’re getting better at creating things at the nanoscale too…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Brain tumors are incredibly difficult to kill, but there are more breakthroughs coming to move the dial. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to assemble products at the nano or microscopic scale has huge implications for the future of manufacturing. …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cancer is notoriously hard to target and kill, and often the drugs used to treat it simply flood peoples bodies…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our ability to create nano scale products is getting better fast, and these breakthroughs could transform every industry from manufacturing…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Believe it or not there are some things that only nanobots are great at, and cleaning the inside of your…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to do things at the nanoscale, such as create molecular assemblers, means we need to be able to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As our ability to create nanoscale bots and machines gets better we will need ways to make them move. …
