Researchers have invented a new method of shrinking objects to one thousandth of the size

Dec 18, 2018

A worker of Ayala Corp's Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI) uses a microscope at an electronics manufacturing assembly plant in Binan, Laguna south of Manila,Philippines April 20, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - GF10000389674

It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals. Image: REUTERS/Erik De Castro

Anne Trafton

Guest contributor, MIT News

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MIT engineers have devised a way to create 3-D nanoscale objects by patterning a larger structure with a laser and then shrinking it. This image shows a complex structure prior to shrinking. Image: Daniel Oran

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