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The Nanotech Nose: Towards A Smaller Future

Posted by michael on from the bigger-and-better dept.

Farrax writes "One of the first steps to nanotechnology, either strong or weak, is the ability to even talk about materials on this scale with precision. Thursday, with the successful test of a nano-tech "nose," that step was achieved: weight fluctuations of 5.5 femtograms were detected on a bar of gold. The dream of nano-technology moves forward: maybe we'll see it by 2020 after all."

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  1. nano tech is evil!!!! by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it will become a way to kill people quickly and efficently!!!! just let them loose on a population and they all die in a week!!!

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