Posted by: tteditor | December 24, 2009

NPL create world’s smallest snowman

YouTubeHere is a very special Christmas Card from the NPL – a festive snowman just 1/5th the width of a human hair.

It was created using two tin beads, an electron microscope and a focused ion beam. The video explains better exactly how small this really is!


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