Even so, it was the heftiest contender in the first - ever
nanocar race earlier this year.
The gold surface
the nanocars race across must reach about 200 °C before buckyballs start turning.
Not exact matches
The term
nanocar is actually a misnomer, because the molecules involved in this
race have no motors.
Ever since Rice University researchers introduced a buckyball wheeled
nanocar in 2005, teams have been
racing to improve techniques for nanoassembly.