Researchers have created a magnetic tweezer system that could one day make it possible for doctors to do remote, non-invasive, highly precise medical procedures on their patients using a microrobot.

(a) and (b)Transparent and front views of the magnetic tweezer device. (c) Schematic of magnetic tweezer system. Credit: SMU Imagine if a doctor could remotely do a non-invasive, highly precise ...

Proteins are the building blocks of the cell through which vital cellular functions are carried out. Remarkably, there are more than 100,000 proteins in our bodies produced from only 20 amino acid ...

An array of magnetic traps designed for manipulating individual biomolecules and measuring the ultrasmall forces that affect their behavior has been demonstrated by scientists at the National ...

(Nanowerk News) Life, on the microscopic level, is crowded and bustling. Tissues are made of cells glommed together that are covered with molecules. The molecules are constantly interacting with other ...

Scientists used magnetic tweezers to reveal how the RNA molecule ‘NIHCOLE’ repairs cell damage, hindering cancer treatments such as radiotherapy. If you want to defeat an enemy, one strategy you can ...

The ability of viruses to evade the immune system, as well as pathogenic virulence, makes the study of viral infections and development of novel antiviral compounds essential. Now a recently published ...

An array of magnetic traps designed for manipulating individual biomolecules and measuring the ultrasmall forces that affect their behavior has been demonstrated by scientists at the National ...