Now that’s what I call a compact!

Rice University scientists have attached light-powered motors to the single-molecule cars they announced a few months ago. How small are these cars? Well…

The nanocars, which measure just 3-by-4 nanometers, are about the same width as a strand of DNA, but much shorter than DNA. About 20,000 of these nanocars could be parked, side-by-side, across the diameter of human hair. They are the first nanoscale vehicles with an internal motor.

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