BIG THINGS HAPPEN WITH TINY TECHNOLOGY

摘要

Nanotechnology, the branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, and especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules, is allowing scientists to make changes in the physical world that were once almost unthinkable. Manipulating materials at an atomic level is a striking advancement in human achievement, only about 120 years after the atom was discovered.