In this December 2006 photomicrograph released Thursday by The Nakao Hamaguchi Laboratory of the Univ. of Tokyo, a "carbon nanotube ramen" in a bowl with diameter measuring one-thousandth of a millimeter (one-25,000th of an inch) produced by the university's mechanical engineering professor Masayuki Nakao and his students in a project aimed at developing nanotube-processing technology is shown.
"We believe it's the world's smallest ramen bowl, with the smallest portion of noodles inside, though they're not edible," Nakao says. The microscopic bowl was first created in December 2006, but was only revealed today after it was entered for a microphotography competition this month.
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http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/05/29/japanese_scientists_create_microscopic_noodle_bowl/ Credit/SOURCE: AP Photo/Nakao Hamaguchi Laboratory
