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Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa shared the chemistry prize for building mechanical devices like motors and lifts using molecules for parts. This is a representative image. Credit: ucdaviscoe/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

There’s Plenty of Room At the Bottom – the Nobel Chemistry Laureates Put a Nanocar There

Vasudevan Mukunth 05/10/2016

It is little surprise that, walking through the gates...

Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa, the winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize for chemistry. Credit: nobelprize.org

Makers of World’s Smallest Machines Win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The Wire Staff 05/10/2016

These machines are a thousand times smaller than the...