{"id":23481,"date":"2016-03-14T05:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/worlds-thinnest-lens-could-revolutionize-nanotechnology"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:06:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:06:25","slug":"worlds-thinnest-lens-could-revolutionize-nanotechnology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/worlds-thinnest-lens-could-revolutionize-nanotechnology","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Thinnest Lens Could Revolutionize Nanotechnology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/worlds-thinnest-lens-could-revolutionize-nanotechnology.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another great invention by the folks from Australia.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Researchers said they developed the new thinnest lens in the world. Made from a crystal called molybdenum disulphide, the new lens is 2,000 thinner than a human hair and can revolutionize the field of nanotechnology. (Photo : Gerd Altmann | Pixabay) <\/p>\n<p>A team of Australian scientists said they have developed the thinnest lens in the world. The new 6.3-nanometer lens, which is 2,000 times thinner than a human hair, can lead to novel advances in medicine and science which could revolutionize <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/122818\/20160109\/waterless-toilet-uses-nanotechnology-to-turn-human-waste-into-power.htm\" target=\"_blank\">nanotechnology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Putting that in perspective, the previous thinnest lens was 50 nanometers thick. The new world\u2019s thinnest lens was created by a team of scientists lead by The Australian National University\u2019s Dr. Yuerui \u2018Larry\u2019 Lu.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/140315\/20160312\/worlds-thinnest-lens-could-revolutionize-nanotechnology.htm\">http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/140315\/20160312\/worlds-thi...nology.htm<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another great invention by the folks from Australia. Researchers said they developed the new thinnest lens in the world. Made from a crystal called molybdenum disulphide, the new lens is 2,000 thinner than a human hair and can revolutionize the field of nanotechnology. (Photo : Gerd Altmann | Pixabay) A team of Australian scientists said [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23481","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\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68040,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23481\/revisions\/68040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}