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Molecular Motors on the Run

Roland Piquepaille writes "In the nanotech world, molecular 'motors' have been heavily investigated during the last decade. And you probably read that these nano-carriers will one day be able to move a useful drug right where it's needed inside your body. But think for a minute to the size gap between yourself and a molecule. It's pretty impressive! Now, according to this news release, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany have developed a theory stating that only a few motor molecules should be enough for directed transport over centimeters or even meters. It's probably a meaningless comparison, but it's like if you were able to walk to the moon and come back."

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  1. Get off slashdot by magnus_1986 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Roland, if you have some dignity as a person left in you, get the FUCK off slashdot. Disguising your primidi blog under zdnet was clever.
    Editors: When you just have to post his "articles", please remove the shameless plugs to his useless little blogs.
    And I am not scared of you or the fact that you have made friends of the editors. So I am not going to post anonymously.

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