Sunday, November 23, 2008

Nano-Life Reflects Life (or vice versa?)

Originally posted on CafeTerra,
these images seem to suggest that forms familiar at our size also exist at the microscopic level.


Nano Space - The final frontier. The space ship Enterprise NCC-1701D of Star Trek was fabricated in one-billionth scale by 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion- beam CVD using phenanthrene gas. Length 8.8 µm.
Magnification: 5,000X



Nanoscale soldiers in marching formation on the edge of a silicon substrate
Magnification: 200,000X




Nano toilet - An effective method of dealing with defects is to find a collection site. Magnification: ~15,000X



“T4 Bacteriophage” is a virus like the robot in the living body
Magnification: 25,000X

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