University of Tufts Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:35:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 World's Smallest Nano-Motor Powered by Electricity for First Time in History https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sykes-smallest-molecular-motor-20110905/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sykes-smallest-molecular-motor-20110905/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:35:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20357 Now this is not our typical green scientific breakthrough, but it may one day change the way we consume energy and improve electric motors for good. This is about a team from the University of Tufts, Mass., led by Charles Sykes, who invented the world’s smallest electric motor ever, measuring only about 1 (one) nanometer […]

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