IBM creates world's smallest map... of the world

Scientists in Zurich have created the world's smallest 3D map - of the world.
IBM's perfectly formed 'nano-world', has now been accepted by the Guinness World Record organisation.
The map measures a miniscule 22 by 11 micrometers. Or, to put it in perspective, 1,000 maps would fit on just one grain of salt.


Existing nano techniques struggle to make structures smaller than 30 nanometers and are expensive to use.
But the new technique uses a nanoscale tip - 100,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil - to cheaply create 2D and 3D patterns and structures as small as 15 nanometers.




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