But he stresses that this is only on the atomic scale - no Captain Kirks have been beamed up.
Dr Kaku points out, this has already been done on an atomic scale.
STM, a device that made it possible to image and study structures and processes on the atomic scale and in three dimensions (see article).
His goal is to create molecules unknown to nature but adept at serving humans by absorbing environmental toxins, fighting cancer or extending Moore's Law down to the atomic scale.
And even just understanding the atomic-scale defects in a material can suggest better ways of making it.
"This movie is a fun way to share the atomic-scale world, " Heinrich said.
According to scientists from a smattering of institutions, the atomic-scale chickenwire material has the ability to absorb light effectively -- much like a sponge -- over a broad range of wavelengths.
Over a few decades this would amount to a minute's difference, but over several hundred years this would mean the atomic clock time-scale and the time-scale based on the Earth's rotation would be out by an hour.
Both are ranked as level seven accidents, the most dire rating on a scale developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
For example, the distance between the centers of two black holes in galaxy clusters distant from each other and the gap between cell walls in a living organism differ on a vast scale, despite their sharing of common structures at the atomic level.
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