Futurity.org » Joelle Frechette http://www.futurity.org Research news from leading universities Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Nanoscale, Lego by Lego http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/nanoscale-lego-by-lego/ http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/nanoscale-lego-by-lego/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:42:59 +0000 Futurity-Jenny Leonard http://futurity.org/?p=3702

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A tiny white ball is released into a Lego board with peg pieces, immersed in a tank filled with glycerol, to help researchers visualize what happens at nanoscale in microfluidic arrays. (Credit: Will Kirk/ Johns Hopkins University)

video_icon1JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Forget the giant robots and blocky spaceships. A team of engineers is snapping together Legos to visualize life at the nanoscale.

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