{"id":217465,"date":"2025-07-09T14:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/precision-at-the-smallest-scale"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:03:25","slug":"precision-at-the-smallest-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/precision-at-the-smallest-scale","title":{"rendered":"Precision at the smallest scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOVhAtM6oMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Imagine a high-tech workshop where scientists and engineers craft objects so small they can\u2019t be seen with the naked eye \u2014 or even a standard microscope. These tiny structures \u2014 nanostructures \u2014 are thousands of times smaller than a strand of hair. And they are essential for faster computers, better smartphones and life-saving medical devices.<\/p>\n<p>Nanostructures are at the core of the research happening every day in the Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF). Part of the Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems at the UW and located in Fluke Hall, the WNF supports cutting-edge academic and industry research, prototyping and hands-on student training. Like many leading nanofabrication centers, it is part of the National Science Foundation\u2019s National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, a network that shares expertise and resources.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Step inside the Washington Nanofabrication Facility, where tiny tech is transforming research in quantum, chips, medicine and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a high-tech workshop where scientists and engineers craft objects so small they can\u2019t be seen with the naked eye \u2014 or even a standard microscope. These tiny structures \u2014 nanostructures \u2014 are thousands of times smaller than a strand of hair. And they are essential for faster computers, better smartphones and life-saving medical devices. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,11,1523,4,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical","category-computing","category-nanotechnology","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}