{"id":138779,"date":"2022-04-28T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/worlds-smallest-gears-measure-mere-nanometers-to-power-molecular-machines"},"modified":"2022-04-28T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:02:33","slug":"worlds-smallest-gears-measure-mere-nanometers-to-power-molecular-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/worlds-smallest-gears-measure-mere-nanometers-to-power-molecular-machines","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s smallest gears measure mere nanometers to power molecular machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/worlds-smallest-gears-measure-mere-nanometers-to-power-molecular-machines.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In many fields of technology, smaller is better, and machinery is now getting so tiny it\u2019s measured in mere atoms. Researchers at the University of Erlangen\u2013Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany have now developed what they claim are the world\u2019s smallest working gear wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Molecular machines and <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/dna-robot-sorts-moleculer-cargo\/51359\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">nanorobots<\/a> could be extremely useful in the coming decades, helping to construct electronic components, transport drugs through the body, or manipulate individual cells or molecules.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, scientists have developed nanoscale versions of many machine parts, such as <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/physics\/nano-motor-quantum-physics\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">motors<\/a>, <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/first-molecular-piston-capable-of-self-assembly\/18131\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">pistons<\/a>, <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/worlds-first-fully-artificial-molecular-pump\/37662\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">pumps<\/a>, <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/nanoscale-wrench\/39582\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">wrenches<\/a> and <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/worlds-smallest-nanobot-propeller\/33182\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">propellers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many fields of technology, smaller is better, and machinery is now getting so tiny it\u2019s measured in mere atoms. Researchers at the University of Erlangen\u2013Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany have now developed what they claim are the world\u2019s smallest working gear wheels. Molecular machines and nanorobots could be extremely useful in the coming decades, helping [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}