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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

scientists at UCLA have used a powerful microscope to image the three-dimensional positions of individual atoms [sciencedaily.com] to a precision of 19 trillionths of a meter, which is several times smaller than a hydrogen atom.

Their observations make it possible, for the first time, to infer the macroscopic properties of materials based on their structural arrangements of atoms, which will guide how scientists and engineers build aircraft components, for example. The research, led by Jianwei (John) Miao, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy and a member of UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute, is published Sept. 21 in the online edition of the journal Nature Materials.

One step closer to The Diamond Age [wikipedia.org].

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