Single-Molecule Electric Motor

[GordMay]

Researchers have created the smallest electric motor ever devised.

The motor, made from a single molecule just a billionth of a metre across, is reported in Nature Nanotechnology.

Here ➥ Experimental demonstration of a single-molecule electric motor : Nature Nanotechnology : Nature Publishing Group

More ➥ BBC News - Electric motor made from a single molecule

[James S]

OK...now that is cool, and at 7200 rpms....oh yeah!

[David M]

Cool, now bacteria can own a Prius.

[tropicalescape]

DARPA has been doing something similar for a few years now...no telling whats going on with nano-tech..saw a mecanical bee one time..I thought it was the real thing till told otherwise.now they are going to have motors driving around in our bodys...chemical" Manchurian Candidate"..DVC