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Scientists Create Pair of Tweezers Small Enough to Pick Up Atoms In the world of nanotechnology, a human hair is the size of a redwood. Scientists begin to design tiny machines the size of molecules to perform computation or cellular surgery. But NPR's Alison Richards reports that they've lacked the tools to assemble them -- until now.
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Scientists Create Pair of Tweezers Small Enough to Pick Up Atoms

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Scientists Create Pair of Tweezers Small Enough to Pick Up Atoms

Scientists Create Pair of Tweezers Small Enough to Pick Up Atoms

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Scientists Create Pair of Tweezers Small Enough to Pick Up Atoms

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In the world of nanotechnology, a human hair is the size of a redwood. Scientists begin to design tiny machines the size of molecules to perform computation or cellular surgery. But NPR's Alison Richards reports that they've lacked the tools to assemble them — until now.