Nanotech by the Numbers
It´s virtual reality, writ small: atom-by-atom simulations of new materials could usher in the nanotech future sooner than anybody imagined.
MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012
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Film offers the best color and clarity, but in Hollywood´s effects houses, computers rule. Moviemakers must expertly blend both media.
It´s virtual reality, writ small: atom-by-atom simulations of new materials could usher in the nanotech future sooner than anybody imagined.
Glenn Curtiss´s aeronautical innovations outlasted the Wright brothers´. But his biggest contribution to aviation was an Albany-Manhattan flight many deemed suicidal.
A veteran presidential science advisor examines bioterrorism, dirty bombs and smuggled nukes—and details how to stop them.
A newly approved radio technology promises wireless home electronics and positioning systems accurate to the centimeter. But opponents say it could also mean dead cell phones, thwarted satellite reception—even plane wrecks.
With just homemade needles and some cells from an ear biopsy, Jose Cibelli of Cyagra demonstrates how to build a blue-ribbon steer.
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