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Nano nuggets

National Geographic magazine takes a look at nanotechnology's big future this month. The magazine uses several comparisons to help put the size of the research into perspective. My favorite?


To put it another way, a nanometer is the amount a man's beard grows in the time it takes him to lift a razor to his face.

Via Sciencedude (here).

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