Scientists develop world's smallest thermometer

Scientists develop world's smallest thermometer

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo taken through an electronic microscope shows the world's smallest thermometer, developed by scientists at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. An article in the Feb. 7 issue of Nature magazine said Yoshio Bando and Gao Yihua applied nanotechnology to create the device, measuring just 10 micrometers, or about one-10th the diameter of a human hair, in length, by using a tiny carbon tube. Photo was provided by the institute.

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