Researchers have developed micrometer-scale micromotors that glide through the air on convection currents and could one day be used for gas-phase heterogeneous catalysis, aerosol toxin detection and pollution control.

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Scientists from @iciq.org & @ibecbarcelona.eu have placed #micromotors inside liquid marbles to study their motion in confined spaces

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New light-powered gears fit inside a strand of hair Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered gears on a micrometer scale. This paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history, which can fit inside a strand of hair. The research is published in the journal Nature Communications.

✨Tiny light-powered gears—smaller than a hair!—could unlock the world's smallest motors.🤯 Future tech is getting microscopic!🔬 #micromotors

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