Molecular machines – extraordinarily tiny machines made from individual moving molecules – are a burgeoning area of research. Last year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to three chemists for their ...

BERLIN -- Perhaps motivated by his Communist surroundings, East German traffic psychologist Karl Peglau wanted a pedestrian traffic light for the ... a cathedral. A micro-brewery that’s been ...

Prolific Machines believes it has a way of transitioning away from these molecules to something better: light. Light is used in many different applications today, from making food with microalgae ...

Researchers are developing micro-scale floating machines that can deployed in the ... be measured precisely using optical methods, such as light scattering and laser-scanning confocal fluorescence ...

The results of the experiments, they say, represent a major advance in our understanding of flight mechanics on the small scale, and will be invaluable to engineers trying to build "micro air vehicles ...