Researchers have made molecules organise themselves into straight lines, paving the way to create nanotech circuit boards. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have come up with a way to ...

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VI I NOW come to the second of the parallel motions I said I would show you. If I take a kite and pivot the blunt end to the fixed base and make the sharp end move up and down in a straight line, ...

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