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The Sharpest Object Ever Made

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-as-sharp-as-my-wit dept.

ultracool writes "Forget the phrase 'sharp as a tack.' Now, thanks to new University of Alberta research, the popular expression might become, 'sharp as a single atom tip formed by chemically assisted spatially controlled field evaporation.' Maybe it doesn't roll off the tongue as easily, but considering the researchers have created the sharpest object ever made, it would be accurate."

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  1. Re:Get dull? by chunky+shit+salsa · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    bound, such as in "bound by lack of chemistry knowledge?" You mean bonded, I presume, such as in a strong covalent bond with a couple of the atoms below it, providing a single-atom tip? such as has been proven by the edge experimentally proving this? You must either be 12 or have ingested some bad salsa. Fuck off.