And it’s so small that 1,000 of them can fit on a salt crystal!

It measures 22 by 11 micrometers and is etched onto a polymer surface. Mount Everest is about 64 nanometers high.

They’re hoping the technology could be used for nano-scale electronics and medical devices.

IBM scientist Urs Duerig says in a company video that “It’s like the ancient Egyptians chiseled their stuff into stone plates. Here we have the analogue, but on the nano-scale,”

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