Cambridge scientists lay claim to world’s tiniest engine, a million times smaller than an ant

Picture an ant. It’s fuzzy, black and small, maybe a fifth of an inch long — and capable of carrying up to 50 times its own body weight. Now envision a powerful motor a million times smaller. (You can’t, not really, but don’t worry — the human brain wasn’t designed that way.)

By Ben Guarino

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