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  1. Uncovering more "digital archaeology" from early 00's #nanotech, this fine-motion controller from Eric Drexler is an example of the kind of nanoscale manipulation platform proposed to perform mechanosynthetic #chemistry with atomic precision:
    imm.org/research/parts/control

  2. These movies show the "hydrocarbon bearing", actually more like a "diamondoid bearing," example in MSEP.one being made to rotate. This structure is a core part of much of the Drexlerian mechanosynthesis canon, in fact it's the Foresight Institute's logo! #nanotech #chemistry

  3. Ok, while I do understand some of the science behind them, modern very high-resolution imaging tools in the nanometer scale are nothing short of pure #SciFiScience, say nothing of the applications they can unlock.

    Link: nature.com/articles/s41563-026

    #Microscopy #Nanotech #Biomimicry

  4. I has an excite. This dry-looking paper:

    arxiv.org/html/2605.27250v1

    describes a mechanosynthesis experiment where individual carbon atoms were combined into specific straight and branched molecular carbon chains with an STM. This is not just pushing atoms around a substrate. This is atomically precise fabrication of bonded molecules.

    In short, the very basis of nanofabrication popularly referred to as "The Diamond Age." I've been waiting a while for this.

    #nanotech #hackaday

  5. Scientists move atoms like quantum chess pieces: Matter is now editable. This is how sci fi starts. Or ends. Depends on the chapter. news.mit.edu/2026/researchers- #nanotech #STEM #scifi #science