Monday, May 5, 2008

Micro Drug Packaging Out of Origami

Filed under: Nanomedicine

At the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, researchers have developed an origami-like technique to fold sheets of silicon and gold into 3D enclosing shapes such as the 30 micrometer pyramid above. The scientists hope the technology will one day allow for a new mechanism of transporting drugs through the body.

Press release: Mini-Origami: ISI Folds Up Tiny Packages for Drug Delivery

(hat tip: Gizmodo)

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