The exciting discovery in 1985 of an unknown form of carbon, the building blocks of today's nano world. Introducing the  Electron and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopes in Cambridge.

The exciting discovery in 1985 of an unknown form of carbon, the building blocks of today's nano world. Introducing the Electron and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopes in Cambridge.

Transcript -- "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution

How - and why -  would you build a machine 10,000 times thinner than a human hair? This album features experts discussing the paradigm shift that is occurring in science. Scientists are learning to manipulate atoms on the scale of a billionth of a metre and control them to perform specific tasks. They can emulate biological and chemical systems to fabricate machines that will destroy cancer cells in the body, giving us nano-drugs of the future; and IBM is using nano-technology for information storage on a molecular scale. There are many other applications which will have a significant impact on the way we live. This album also provides an introduction to quantum computing and quantum mechanics. The material forms part of The Open University course S250 Science in context.

Education

How - and why - would you build a machine 10,000 times thinner than a human hair? This album features experts discussing the paradigm shift that is occurring in science. Scientists are learning to manipulate atoms on the scale of a billionth of a metre and control them to perform specific tasks. They can emulate biological and chemical systems to fabricate machines that will destroy cancer cells in the body, giving us nano-drugs of the future; and IBM is using nano-technology for information storage on a molecular scale. There are many other applications which will have a significant impact on the way we live. This album also provides an introduction to quantum computing and quantum mechanics. The material forms part of The Open University course S250 Science in context.

Share Transcript -- "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution

Sign up to save your podcasts

Transcript -- "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution

Transcript -- "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution

More shows like The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology - for iPad/Mac/PC

Bon départ: beginners' French - Audio

Rheumatoid arthritis - a long term condition - for iPod/iPhone

Social marketing - for iBooks

Voice of Indian Song - for iPod/iPhone

Writing Poetry - Audio

Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill - Audio

Beginners’ Chinese - Audio

Andante: beginners' Italian - Audio

Bon départ: beginners’ French second edition - for iPod/iPhone

The Galapagos - for iPod/iPhone