Caltech-led physicists create first-ever mechanical device
that measures the mass of a single molecule
A team led by scientists at the California Institute of
Technology (Caltech) have made the first-ever mechanical device that can
measure the mass of individual molecules one at a time.
This new technology, the researchers say, will eventually
help doctors diagnose diseases, enable biologists to study viruses and probe
the molecular machinery of cells, and even allow scientists to better measure
nanoparticles and air pollution.