Generating Nano Oscillatory Motion 70
KentuckyFC sends us to arxivblog.com, where he summarizes (in prose that is somewhat more twee than we usually encounter in writing about physics) the conversion of a constant force into oscillatory motion on the nano scale. Here is the article preprint. A research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has made mushroom-shaped nano-pillars that oscillate in a constant DC field, like metronomes.
That ain't twee. (Score:3, Insightful)
Besides, is this what Slashdot has devolved to? All you have to do is apply a text filter to an article to get your story submission accepted? Sheesh! Maybe if I had borkified the story I submitted a couple of weeks ago about the shuttle not needing its tiles repaired it wouldn't have been rejected.
Re:Smaller Scale Still (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah. At random frequencies, and in random directions. What good is that?
Not only twee...it is wrong too (Score:5, Insightful)