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."

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[Omikr0n]

Slashdot Subscribers (You know the people who actually pay for the great service they get) get to see newsposts before they're officially "up". You should keep better track of slashdot services.

Re:Ahh

[$$$$$exyGal]

Here's some more information about Australia:

Lisa: Bart, water will only go the other way in the Southern hemisphere.
Bart: What the hell is the "Southern hemisphere"?
Lisa: [sighs] Haven't you ever looked at your globe?
Lisa: [pointing] See, the Southern hemisphere is made up of everything below the equa -- [stops, sees Bart looking blankly] -- this line.
Bart: Hmm. [spins globe] So down there in, say, Argentina, or...[reads logo] Rand McNally, all their water runs backwards?
Lisa: Uh huh. In fact, in Rand McNally, they wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people.
Bart: Cool!

Re:Most nano-science won't work anyway...

[Timesprout]

Thats strange, I can only recall that standard supersymmetry work with strings in 10 space dimensions, particularly on Yang-Calbai manifolds. Was there another spatial dimension distortion while I was washing my hair ?