Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside living cells.
"For the first time, a team of chemists and engineers at Penn State University have placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells, propelled them with ultrasonic waves and steered them magnetically.
Source and further reading:
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-nanomotors-cells-video.html
Gif showing image of a HeLa cell containing several gold-ruthenium nanomotors. Near the center of the image, a spindle of several nanomotors is spinning.
Credit: Mallouk lab, Penn State University
Very cool. One step closer to nanotech that can be used to destroy germs or cancer cells, or maybe even repair damage. :)
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