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Two New Nanotech Breakthroughs Point the Way to Nano-Electronics

Posted April 06, 2010 7:49 AM

From Discover Magazine | rsslist:

Scientists have created the world's smallest superconductor, made out of just four molecule-pairs and less than a nanometer wide. That's far smaller than the head of a pin — which stretches across a million nanometers — and more on the order of a DNA molecule, which is about 2 nanometers wide.

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Re: Two New Nanotech Breakthroughs Point the Way to Nano-Electronics

04/06/2010 11:03 AM

If you think it's easy to loose the TV remote in the couch cushions now...just wait until it's nano-sized!

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