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University Research Team Uses Nanotechnology Tool to Etch Logo on a Human Hair

Gizmodo is reporting that researchers from the Engineering Department at McMaster University have used an ion beam microscope to etch the university logo on a human hair.

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McMaster University logo on a human hair

The logo is only 20 microns high and was made by a stream of gallium ions.

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