lightdriven

Propelling micrometre-sized drones using light only and exerting precise control: Physicists at the University of Würzburg have succeeded at this for the first time. Their microdrones are significantly smaller than red blood cells. A…

The biocompatible microswimmers and biological cells. Credit: Sridhar et al. In recent years, scientists have introduced a wide variety of…

For the first time, a molecular movie has captured in detail the process of an anion transported across the cell membrane by a light-fuelled protein pump. Publishing in Science, the researchers have unravelled the mystery of how light…