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Old May 17, 2005 | 01:30 PM
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This is some pretty cool stuff.

http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php?fuseaction=home.story&story_id=2341&view =print
 
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WOW! That is amazing. It never ceases to amaze me how small and precise we are able to make things. This shoots ice crystals that are .012 inches. THe CPU in your computer has distances measured in microns (thousandths of an inch) and it's gotten to the point in this industry where the atoms themselves are starting to get in the way!
 
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