nanobots

An infographic explains the magnetic and catalytic properties of the iron oxide nanoparticles and their assembly into bristle and floss-like forms. (Image: Melissa Pappas/Penn Engineering)
A shapeshifting robotic microswarm may one day act as a toothbrush, rinse, and dental floss in one
Arranged in bristle-like structures, a robotic microswarm of iron oxide nanoparticles effectively cleaned plaque from
Left: Nanobots entering a dentinal tubule. Centre top and bottom: Schematic representation and electron microscope image of nanobot moving through dentinal tubule to reach bacterial colony. Right: How locally induced heat from nanobot can kill bacteria. Live bacteria are green and dead bacteria are red. Bottom right shows band where targeted treatment has been done in human teeth CREDIT Theranautilus
Deep cleaning teeth with nanobots?
Left: Nanobots entering a dentinal tubule. Centre top and bottom: Schematic representation and electron microscope
Inventing a nano-bot that can probe inside human cells

U of T Engineering researchers have built a set of magnetic ‘tweezers’ that can position

Nanobot pumps destroy nerve agents while simultaneously administering an antidote

Once in the territory of science fiction, “nanobots” are closer than ever to becoming a

A new microrobotics manufacturing system that pushes forward the frontiers of optical nanotechnologies

Nanorobotics team demonstrates their new capability to manufacture optical nanotechnologies. A French nanorobotics team from

Cheaper nanobots for cancer therapeutics and perhaps electronics and photonics

By using bacterial flagella as a template for silica, researchers have demonstrated an easier way

Nanocars will compete for the first time ever during an international molecule-car race on April 28-29, 2017 in Toulouse

Nanocars will compete for the first time ever during an international molecule-car race on April

Legions of nanorobots target cancerous tumours with precision

Researchers from Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and McGill University have just achieved a spectacular