Australian Overturns 15 Years of Nano-Science Doctrine

Roland Piquepaille writes "Dr John Sader, from the University of Melbourne, discovered a design flaw in a key component of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). He 'used established mechanical principles to prove that the popular V-shaped cantilever inadvertently degrades the performance of the instrument, and delivers none of its intended benefits.' This finding may reshape the industry by proposing a single new standard and because the AFM 'has been the instrument of choice for three dimensional measurements at the atomic scale, since its invention in 1986.' Check this column for more details and an AFM diagram or read the original University of Melbourne's article. You also can visit the 'How AFM works' page."

Comments

Ahh

[Timesprout]

But if an Australian overturns something does that not mean its actually the right way up ?

Good thing?

[JohnnyKlunk]

Since the Aussie police have raided all the Universities and removed MP3/DivX collections they've had to turn their attention to work.
Hope noone at my company realises this.

woosh

[Cyno01]

*passes hand over head*