Article 6XWYP UK scientists create world's tiniest violin

UK scientists create world's tiniest violin

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At Loughborough University in the UK, scientists have made a violin out of platinum that's narrower than a human hair. Although it's not a playable instrument, the violin is a demonstration of a so-called nanolithography system. That's a new technology for creating microscopic patterns that could become essential to the next generation of computer chips. Host Carolyn Beeler has the story.

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