Molecular Machines Progress in 2021

Molecular Machines Progress The full report of seminar summaries for 2021 can be found on the Foresight website here:https://old.dev.foresight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Molecular-Machines-2021-12-01.pdfFormula Nano is running a scientific competition to create molecule sized cars https://formulanano.com/The molecular machines Foresight tech tree is under developmentLee Cronin is making headway with his chemputer – a machine designed to automate chemistry operationsStefan Borsley has been investigating non-equilibrium molecular machines for catalysis and movementWe’re still a long way off from building a synthetic ribosomeBeta solenoids are an interesting pathway for protein-based molecular machinesYuanning Feng has been working on the design of mechanosorption molecular pumps and pumping cassettesThere could be an interesting middle space developing between complete atomically precise fabrication and chemistry-oriented construction of molecular machinesIt would be efficient to create nanomachine goals and allow some kind of chemical evolution toward a best solution, but there is no way to do that yet