News tagged with microrocket

Will bubble-powered microrockets zoom through the human stomach?

Scientists have developed a new kind of tiny motor — which they term a "microrocket" — that can propel itself through acidic environments, such as the human stomach, without any external energy source, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Feb 08, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1

Bubble-propelled microrockets could operate in the human stomach

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, researchers have been designing a wide variety of self-propelled micromotors, many of which operate using an oxygen-bubble propulsion mechanism that requires a high concentration ...

Chemistry / Other

Jan 18, 2012 | 4.9 / 5 (12) | 0 |