Scientists create world's first fully-artificial molecular pump

All living organisms – human, animal, or otherwise – continuously move molecules around their cells. It's a crucial mechanism of life, vital for feeding cells the proteins they need to function. And now scientists at Northwestern University have created a machine that mimics this pumping mechanism. Their molecular pump is the world's first such machine developed entirely through chemical engineering in the laboratory, and it could one day power artificial muscles and other molecular machines.

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Section: Science

Tags:

• Molecular machines
• Chemistry
• Artificial Muscles
• Northwestern University

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