World's Tiniest Periodic Table of Elements Engraved on Human Hair

Published October 03, 2011| NewsCoreNOTTINGHAM, England – British scientists were celebrating Monday after breaking the record for writing the world's smallest periodic table -- on a strand of hair.Scientists at the University of Nottingham, in central England, engraved the table of 118 chemical elements on a strand of hair belonging to Martyn Poliakoff, a chemistry professor at the university.A team of nanotechnology experts used a beam of accelerated gallium ions to create the tiny table,

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