Word: nano
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...started making just one toolkit that will help others develop real nano-technologies," Kim said. "This is just a first step...
Such are the dreams of the nanotechnologists, engineers at places like M.I.T., Princeton University and Carnegie Mellon, who are already redefining the meaning of the word miniature. The prefix nano- refers to a billionth part of a unit--the size range these visionaries are talking about. Already, nanotechnologists have built gears and rotors far thinner than a human hair and tiny molecular "motors" only 50 atoms long...
...implications are almost unimaginable - cheap, ubiquitous supercomputing, unlimited memory capacity, medical nano-devices small enough to float in the human bloodstream, and beyond - but it will be years before actual functioning molecular computers will be constructed. "This is an important stepping stone, but we still have a long way to go, " James Tour, an expert in the field who teaches at Rice University, told the New York Times. "I don't want people to think that in three to five years we'll have molecular electronics...
...doomsday prophets need to get a life! In a universe that is 15 billion years old, the entire era of human existence is a nano-blip." JENNIFER L. WOOD Bakersfield, Calif...
There are, in fact, four new young talents joining the men in their efforts this season--freshmen Pete Karlen, Nano Whitman, Dave Barry and sophomore transfer Gray Witcher. The men will look to their blend of newcomers and veterans to lead them in pursuit of their ninth consecutive national championship...