nanomachine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nanomachine
Example Sentences
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Equipped with the T6SS nanomachine, Burkholderia bacteria can pursue a dual strategy: cell fusion and directly moving from one cell to another.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
"The atomic structures and an understanding of the mechanism of this complex nanomachine now enable us to understand important steps in peroxisome physiology in health and disease," says Gatsogiannis in conclusion.
From Science Daily • Sep. 27, 2023
The main role is played by the perixisomal AAA-ATPase complex Pex1/Pex6: this "biological nanomachine" unpacks and unfolds the spent proteins so that they can be recycled or disposed of.
From Science Daily • Sep. 27, 2023
Literally every physical object in the world, from computers to cheese, is made of molecules, and in principle a nanomachine could construct all of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Imagine a nanomachine that could take raw carbon and arrange it, atom by atom, into a perfect diamond.
From Time Magazine Archive
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