If the new nano-machines built at The Ohio State University look familiar, it’s because they were designed with full-size mechanical parts such as hinges and pistons in mind.
The project is the first to prove that the same basic design principles that apply to typical full-size machine parts can also be applied to DNA—and can produce complex, controllable components for future nano-robots.
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Ref: Programmable motion of DNA origami mechanisms, PNAS, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1408869112
