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...discovery that could radically change the way computers are made, Hyman Professor of Chemistry Charles M. Lieber says he has constructed working logic circuits, interconnecting transistors, with nanowires only ten atoms across...
...interview last week, Lieber compared nanotweezers to human-sized pliers...
...were trying to build something with a hammer and nails or screws and things, you could use a screwdriver or something to push nails around on the piece of wood," Lieber said. "But if you didn't have a pliers to lift them up...you couldn't actually hammer the nail...
...Lieber said on NPR that the uses of nanoscale tweezers might even extend to surgery or subcellular manipulation...
...Much of Lieber's other research focuses on nanoscale projects like this. He could not be reached for comment yesterday...