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1. Scientists have made the second-smallest motor ever invented.
2. The motor was made with just a single molecule.
3. The molecule in the motor has a width of a millionth of a metre.
4. The motor is 200 times smaller than the current world-record holder.
5. Scientists can make molecules convert energy from light and chemical reactions into movement.
6. Sykes’ creation is the third molecule device to be accepted as a motor.
7. Dr Sykes’ molecule motor spins at a rate of 50 times a second.
8. Next, Dr Sykes will make cog wheels for the world’s smallest watch.
Find the following phrases in the text.
Наноразмерное устройство, очень далеко, проводить хирургическую операцию, молекула серы, углерод, атомы углерода и водорода, медь, вращаться, макроскопический мотор, поддерживаться теплом, изображать электронную орбиталь, высокоординированное действие, заявка на патент, запредельный.
Translate the words. Match the words with the similar meaning.
| 1. | created | a. | transform |
| recognised | b. | applications | |
| 3. | current | c. | tiny |
| 4. | uses | d. | accepted |
| 5. | surgery | e. | made |
| 6. | single | f. | connect |
| 7. | convert | g. | present |
| 8. | classed | h. | operations |
| 9. | miniscule | i. | labelled |
| 10. | link | j. | sole |
