45 Results From "nanobots"

First theorized in 1963 by a Polish SciFi author, smart dust is now a real life technology with major implications.
Robotics

Scientists Working on “Smart Dust” That Can Spy on a Room While Drifting Throught the Air

Researchers at China's top military R&D academy just showed off a mosquito-sized nanobot measuring just 1.3 cm in size.
Drones

Chinese Military Shows Off Fly-Sized Drones for Covert Ops

Zuckerberg is dreaming up a utopia in which superintelligent AIs benevolently stop short of taking over everybody's jobs, critics say.
Meta

There’s a Very Basic Flaw in Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for Superintelligent AI

Engineers built tiny, iron nanobots that they can implant and track inside a patient's body, which they say could be used to kill off cancer cells.
Cancer

These Scientists Say Nanobots Could Kill Individual Cancer Cells

New research suggests that platelet cells could be engineered to propel themselves through the bloodstream and deliver medicine.
Studies

Engineered Human Cells Could Propel Drugs Through the Body

Scientists are working on a swarm of tiny, cell-sized robots that can travel inside a patient's bloodstream and target cancer cells.
Cancer

Scientists Disguise Cancer-Hunting Nanorobots as Blood Cells

Researchers created tiny "nanodrills" that were able to cut themselves into the cells of worms and plankton. They could even cure skin diseases.
Nanotech

Brutal “Nanodrills” Can Kill Tiny Living Worms and Water Fleas

Researchers develop a corkscrew-shaped nanobot they can guide through the dense tissue of an eyeball using a magnetic field.
Nanotech

A New Nanobot Drills Through Your Eyeball to Deliver Drugs

Two scientists have invented a device that can create its own source of electricity from an extremely abundant and renewable source: falling snow.
Energy

New Device Generates Electricity From Falling Snow

MIT researchers have created nanobots that can travel via an aerosol spray, potentially opening up a new field in robotics.
Nanotech

MIT Researchers Create an Aerosol Spray Loaded With Nanobots

Researchers have created molecules called TrAPs that can promote wound healing by "talking" to the cells found near the site of the injury.
Nanotech

New Nanotech Drives Healing by “Talking” to Wounds

A Cyberpunk Noir Short Film Shows Us What Happens When Tech Goes Skin Deep
Future Society

A Cyberpunk Noir Short Film Shows Us What Happens When Tech Goes Skin Deep

New research suggests that offshore wind farms can suck the destructive energy out of hurricanes before they make landfall.
Wind

Huge Wind Farms Could Weaken Hurricanes Before They Make Landfall

Researchers from Caltech demonstrate a new DNA origami technique by playing the world's smallest game of tic-tac-toe on a DNA board.
Science & Energy

Scientists Used DNA to Play the Tiniest Game of Tic-Tac-Toe Ever

New Nanobots Kill Cancerous Tumors by Cutting off Their Blood Supply
Cancer

New Nanobots Kill Cancerous Tumors by Cutting off Their Blood Supply

Sugar Pills Can Help Tiny Robots Navigate Your Body
Health & Medicine

Sugar Pills Can Help Tiny Robots Navigate Your Body

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DNA

DNA That Folds Like Origami Has Applications for Drug-Delivering Nanobots

Lab-Grown Synthetic Nanobots May Officially End Antibiotic Resistance
Nanotech

Lab-Grown Synthetic Nanobots May Officially End Antibiotic Resistance

Nanobots Made of DNA Can Now Carry and Sort Molecular Cargo
Science & Energy

Nanobots Made of DNA Can Now Carry and Sort Molecular Cargo

A Synthetic Microbe Could Be the Next Antibiotic
Health & Medicine

A Synthetic Microbe Could Be the Next Antibiotic