Researchers have created a reversible rotor that sits atop a ball bearing — a single ruthenium atom, Ars Technica reports. The base of the system involves a boron atom that coordinates three ringed structures that are chemically similar to the bases of DNA. Nitrogens at a corner of these ringed structures coordinate the ruthenium atom, placing it … more…
Six medical innovations are poised to transform the way we fight disease, The Wall Street Journal reports. Surgeons at Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a way to help children born with half a heart to essentially grow a whole one — by marshaling the body’s natural capacity to heal and develop. Oxford Nanopore Technologies has unveiled the … more…