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Nanofish could swim through body to deliver medication

12-Sep-2016

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Made from gold and nickel nanowire sections the devices flex like a fish when powered by a magnetic field.

200 nm in length they can achieve speeds of 30 ?m per second.

The technology has potential to travel through the body and deliver medication or perform a procedure.

Developed by University of California and Harbin Institute of Technology.

The study was published in the Small journal.

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Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)

Research university and a member of China's elite C9 League.

Small

Nanotechnology scientific journal

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