femtochemistry

Sean Kenny (sean@irvken.free-online.co.uk)
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:39:30 +0100

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I'm probably showing my ignorance but the Nobel prize for Chemistry went = today to Ahmed Zewail for his development of the new discipline of = Femtochemistry. As it's not something I've heard or read about before, = an easily excited fellow like myself gets a shiver up my spine imagining = that this might be the development that speeds the development of = nanotechnology. I'm sure someone can reassure me that we're not in = pre-singularity times.

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I'm probably showing my ignorance but = the Nobel=20 prize for Chemistry went today to Ahmed Zewail for his development of = the new=20 discipline of Femtochemistry. As it's not something I've heard or read = about=20 before, an easily excited fellow like myself gets a shiver up my spine = imagining=20 that this might be the development that speeds the development of=20 nanotechnology. I'm sure someone can reassure me that we're not in=20 pre-singularity times.
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