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Australian Overturns 15 Years of Nano-Science Doctrine

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-to-the-drawing-board dept.

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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  1. Yahoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Alright. Can't wait to have nano bots to change my hair color!! mm

  2. You must be really bored... and rich... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To buy a Slashdot subscription and sit here waiting for new articles to go live. I guess everyone needs a hobby though.

  3. frouth porst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BRabo MR MAN. U got froth bost

  4. *OT* by Omikr0n · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

  5. Re:Ahh by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    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!
    --
    Very popular slashdot journal for adul
  6. Re:Most nano-science won't work anyway... by Timesprout · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    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 ?

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    Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
    What truth?
    There is no dupe
  7. Seeing the future doesn't work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One rogue subscriber can post the "newsposts" in the previous thread for everyone to see. The whole scheme is broken.

  8. pot song by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i just bought some hash and thought i'd write a song about it:

    i got some pot in my pocket
    got some dope in my daks
    got some grass in my grundies
    got some slate in my slacks.

    thats all i can think of now. more later!!!

    cya doods!!!

  9. Yes!! by Evil+Adrian · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The second I read about this AFM bug, I ran down to the lab... as it turns out, I really *do* have a penis after all!

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    evil adrian
  10. And better yet: improved chances for World Peace! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe with better AFM designs, scientists will then be able to find George W. Bush's penis!

    Then he won't feel such an obvious need to "prove" his manhood by talking macho war all the time.