An international competition is coming up in Toulouse, France at the end of next month, but it’s not a very big one. It’s microscopic, in fact. Organized by CNRS (the National Center for Scientific Research), the Nanocar Race will see four “cars” each made up of about a hundred atoms, racing against one another on a -270 ºC (-454 ºF) gold track that’s just 100 nanometers long – that’s 0.0001 millimeters.
via New Atlas
