Robot surgeons and artificial life: the promise of tiny machines

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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37563673

    Today, many other teams are building on and extending the work of the last five decades. In 2013, a team led by David Leigh at the University of Manchester built a nano-robot that could grab amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - and connect them - just like the ribosomes in our cells.

    Period5 Oct 2016

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    • TitleRobot surgeons and artificial life: the promise of tiny machines
      Date5/10/16
      PersonsDavid Leigh
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    Keywords

    • chemistry
    • Nobel Prize
    • nano-robot