trio wins nobel chemistry prize for 'world's smallest machines' - energy storage devices

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Three European scientists have won 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing molecular machines that may one day be injected to fight cancer or used to make new materials and energy storage devices. Frenchman Jean-
J. Pierre Savage, Scotland
Fraser in Stoddart and Dutch Bernard in Flynn added on Wednesday granted 8 million, Code G when said they Development the molecular these molecular response stimulation produce mechanical movement allow they implementation specific task$931,000)prize.
This molecular machine can be developed in smart drugs looking for disease or damage and providing drugs to fight or repair the disease, in smart materials it can respond to external triggers (such as changes in light or temperature) and adapt.
Ferlin, a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, told reporters when asked what to predict his work will eventually be used.
"Think of a tiny micro
For example, a robot, a doctor in the future will inject your blood and then look for cancer cells or deliver drugs.
Goran Hansson, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences who awarded the Award, said the recognition this year was "all about the smallest machines in the world ".
Asked what the discovery might lead to, he said: "The sky is the limit . ".
The Nobel committee's statement said molecular mechanical science is now "at the same stage as the motor in the 1830s S "--
When scientists show a variety of rotating cranks and wheels, they do not know that they will cause electric trains, washing machines, fans and food processors.
"We can still only guess the exciting developments before us," it said . ".
"However, we are right (the)
Initial problem-
How Big Machine can you make?
: At least 1,000 times thinner than a strand of hair.
"Maschi is an honorary professor at the University of Strasburg and honorary director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research in France.
Born in Edinburgh and now a professor of chemistry at Northwestern University in the United States, Stodart said the award was "unexpected ".
"When this happens, it will surprise you," he said in a telephone interview while watching the ceremony live at his home outside Chicago.
Chemistry is the third Nobel prize this year.
On Monday, Japan won a drug award for the big corner ceremony, with three British
Born scientists, including two Scots, won the physics prize on Tuesday.
The awards, named after explosives inventor Alfred Nobel, have been awarded since 1901, according to his will, for achievements in science, literature and peace. ($1 = 8.
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