Minuscule machines earn trio 2016 chemistry Nobel
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IT’S A SMALL WORLD The creators of mini machines, such as this four-wheeled, nanoscale car, have earned the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The microscopic automobile rolls across a surface when electricity contorts each wheel’s axle.
RANDY WIND/MARTIN ROELFS; NATURE