Molecular crystal motors move like microbes when exposed to light (IMAGE)

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Molecular crystal motors move like microbes when exposed to light

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It looks like a spider and scurries like a spider, but it’s actually a tiny motor made from crystallized molecules that move when exposed to light.

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Rabih O. Al-Kaysi

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