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Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered gears on a micrometer scale. This paves the way for the ...

Researchers say making the gears on a micrometer scale paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history.

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One of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear X-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in wildfire smoke, Spada ...

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Design engineers turn to linear motors for applications that demand speed, accuracy and reliability. From high-throughput ...

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Excess fat in brain immune cells weakens defenses against Alzheimer’s. Blocking fat storage restored their ability to fight disease. For many years, scientists believed that fat in the brain had ...