Single molecule car hits the road
It may sound like an April fools’ joke, but scientists have invented an electric car made from one single molecule. Conceived with painstaking accuracy, the molecule has four branches that serve as the vehicle’s wheels, set in motion with the help of a microscopic metal tip giving off little electric bursts. The currents give the […]
It may sound like an April fools’ joke, but scientists have invented an electric car made from one single molecule.
Conceived with painstaking accuracy, the molecule has four branches that serve as the vehicle’s wheels, set in motion with the help of a microscopic metal tip giving off little electric bursts.
The currents give the car enough of a boost to move six billionths of a metre. Ferrari may not have a reason to fret, but the innovation is a notable breakthrough all the same.
