Event Brief
China team creates uranium-hunting micromotor
Filed: Apr 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM ET
Summary: Researchers in China developed a light-powered micromotor that swims through water and captures uranium ions.
WHO: Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes
WHAT: Developed a microscopic metal-organic framework micromotor that can move through water and capture uranium ions
WHEN: Apr 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
WHERE: China
WHY: To extract nuclear fuel and clean up radioactive pollution
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