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Illustration of the nanoscale hand

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Nanoscale robotic ‘hand’ made of DNA could be used to detect viruses

A tiny hand crafted out of DNA has jointed fingers that can be used to grab small objects like gold nanoparticles or viruses

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The fermentation of beer

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Tiny yeast-filled robots help brew beer quickly and more efficiently

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Structural colour

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Nanotechnology paint provides brilliant colour that doesn't fade

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Fig. 4 | PhotGirl with a Pearl Earring and Mona Lisa, in miniatureorealistic plasmonic full-colour nanopainting. a, Schematic diagram of designing a patterned metasurface for simultaneously realizing various colour hues and brightness. b?d, Experimentally captured optical photographs of the metasurface-based artworks Girl with a Pearl Earring Matching image (b), Mona Lisa (c) and Virgin of the Rocks (d). The images show ultrasmooth transitions between the different colour hues and brightness by using our plasmonic colouring approach. Scale bars, 200??m.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring and Mona Lisa recreated with nanotechnology

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Artwork of nodes in a network

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‘Artificial synapse’ could make neural networks work more like brains

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DNA illustration

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Spinning rotors made from DNA could power minuscule machines

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The nanomechanical gate

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Computer component could use as little energy as physically possible

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Tiny axles and rotors made of protein could drive molecular machines

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Silkworms make fluorescent silk after eating quantum dots

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Silkworms make fluorescent silk after eating quantum dots

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The rise of the molecular machines set to make new wonder materials

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The rise of the molecular machines set to make new wonder materials

Machines made of atoms are being used to sew together new materials molecule by molecule, which could open the floodgates to all manner of innovation

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Nanorobots clean up contaminated water by grabbing hold of pollutants

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Life

Nanoparticles can translate chemical signals from bacteria to yeast

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Silk modified to reflect sunlight keeps skin 12.5°C cooler than cotton

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Physics

Measuring time accurately increases the entropy in the universe

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