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Nano-origami

In this video, flaps of a polymer sheet are folded into a corner of a cube. An external magnetic field interacts with a current flowing through wires embedded in the sheet, causing the sheets to fold up.

Read the full story at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/nano-origami-0224.html

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