Goodbye toothbrush: IISc develops nanobots to clean teeth better
A new method allows the use of magnetic nanobots to clean the bacteria that populate the deepest canals of the teeth.
A new method allows the use of magnetic nanobots to clean the bacteria that populate the deepest canals of the teeth.
No more chemicals that indistinctly affect sick and healthy cells: nanobots are intelligent machines, and will soon show their value
From science fiction dream to scientific hypothesis: a 'replicator' could build anything atom by atom. What are the obstacles to overcome?
Are you ready for a world where memory is stored in a cloud? The scenarios of a future in which (unfortunately) we will not forget anything.
Liquibots, robots that are able to transfer material even in an aquatic environment, are now being tested.
Magnetically guided microrobots of different shapes are able to take, store and distribute drugs in the first in vitro tests.
HuBMAP, a complete map of the human body in Google Maps style, will be very useful both in teaching and in the approach to diseases. We will see the inside of the body from perspectives never seen before.
A particle "brings" cells into the arteries and puts them "on the table". On your plate are the plaques responsible for heart attacks and other ailments.
The list would be very long, but these 6 examples represent well the science fiction technologies that are rapidly becoming reality.
Tests have shown that the blood of those who enjoy the longest life has unusually high doses of immune cells, which constitute constant defenses against viruses, bacteria and tumors.
This is the case of "nanobots" or microscopic machines (about 50 nanometers in size) that science fiction had imagined in the Star Trek series and which, injected into a patient's circulation, went there to rebuild damaged tissues, eliminate pathogens such as viruses and resistant bacteria or even eradicate a cancer. Unfortunately, the economic factor often stops the ideas and drive towards innovation of motivated researchers: no one puts in the money and the research remains on paper. … Read more