At position six on the periodic table, Carbon hits the goldilocks spot - not too big, not too small. And with four outer electrons dying to hook up it's perfectly primed for bonding with other elements and for use in nanotechnologies. Jonica Newby traces the path of carbon in nanotechnology and delves into the latest advances.
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From within the depths of matter a tiny speck with an extraordinary structure and glorious equilibrium emerges: the atom.
This tiny speck is the building block of everything in the universe, from giant stars to the proteins inside the cell. Everything in the universe, without exception, is made up of atoms.