Leaf-spring nano-engine as simulated in oxDNA model. [Image: The researchers] An international team of scientists has recently developed a novel type of nano-engine made of DNA. It is driven by a clever mechanism that can perform pulsing movements. The researchers are now planning to fit it with a coupling and install it as a drive in complex nanomachines. Their results were published today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
That seems so… odd. It’s like building a working computer out of tens of thousands of usb thumb drives.