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littlemissmartypants

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Mon Jun 9, 2025, 05:30 AM 16 hrs ago

Scientists Make World's Smallest Violin

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The tiny violin was created to demonstrate the accuracy and versatility of a state-of-the-art nanolithography system.

Kelly Morrison, the head of Loughborough University's Physics Department, said the system would allow scientists "to design experiments that probe materials in different ways—using light, magnetism, or electricity—and observe their responses."
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The miniature violin was made using a NanoFrazor, a system that employs thermal scanning probe lithography.

This technique uses a heated, needlelike tip to sculpt material at nanometer precision. According to the university's press release, the process began with a chip being covered in two layers a gel-like material. The pattern was then etched, washed and coated in platinum, then cleaned again to show the final form.
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https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-world-smallest-violin-2081912
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Scientists Make World's Smallest Violin (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago OP
"The violin, which is only an image at microscopic scale, cannot produce sound." Oopsie Daisy 16 hrs ago #1
and it's playing for all the whiny right wing. nt Javaman 14 hrs ago #2
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