If the new nano-machines.

• Position: SCIENCE SCENE - Brief article

If the new nano-machines built at Ohio State University, Columbus, look familiar, it is because they were designed with full-size mechanical parts such as hinges and pistons in mind. The project is the first to prove that the same basic design principles that apply to typical full-size machine parts also can be applied to DNA--and can produce complex, controllable components for future nano-robots. "Nature has...