Nanotechnology techniques such as self-assembling promise researchers an intriguing alternative to continuing to refine the most commonly used technique for building transistors on silicon computer chips, namely, optical lithography.

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Nor has the alternative technique, recently introduced in England, of relying on an examiner's overall impression of a match, without any attempt at quantification.

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The technique can provide excellent, detailed images of the body's soft tissue and is an alternative to using X-ray techniques such as computed tomography (CT).

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