nano
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Quecto, Ronna: Meet the Newest Metric Prefixes
You know kilo, centi, and milli, but how about ronto? Four new metric prefixes got the official stamp of approval last week at the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures held at Versailles, the extravagant palace outside of Paris. The scientists who gathered there agreed on the need for new prefixes to account for…
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In The Sci-Fi Short Nano, A Simple App Can Wield Horrifically Dangerous Power
Video: Nano imagines a future where nanotechnology has completely altered everyday life, and the phrase “there’s an app for that” applies to almost anything. It’s a world that’s both awesome (instantly change your eye colour!) and terrifying (temporarily paralyse another person without their consent!) We’re excited to exclusively debut Nano here.
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Tiny Gold Nanomotors Spin 10 Times Faster Than A Race Car Engine
Nanomotors are an amazing feat of engineering: tiny gold rods less than a micrometer long, powered by ultrasonic waves to spin at crazy-fast speeds. How fast? Scientists just figured out a way to measure, and it’s astonishing: 150,000 RPM, 10 times faster than the fastest race car engine.
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The Money Of The Future Will Shine Like Crazy
The Blue Morpho butterfly shines such a brilliant blue it almost seems electric. Its secret? Microscopic holes that play with light in an incredible way. And by using nanotechnology, we can replicate those same effects on printed objects, like money. Bling!