The DNA turbine Xin Shi/Delft University of Technology
A tiny turbine made from DNA looks like a windmill and is hundreds of times smaller than most bacteria. It rotates when immersed in salty water and could be used as a molecular machine for speeding up chemical reactions or transporting particles inside cells.
at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and his colleagues created the turbine after being inspired by a rotating enzyme that helps catalyse energy-storing molecules in our cells. They wanted to build a molecular machine that could similarly do work, like adding energy to…
