Wavefunctions are what make the microscopic world of quantum physics appear so different from the macroscopic world that people operate in.

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The latest evolution in data security leaves numbers behind and returns to the physical world: A plastic token filled with microscopic glass spheres, and it looks like a much harder nut to crack than the codes of the past.

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Nike, the largest sports footwear and apparel company in the world, lives and dies on fine engineering points and microscopic differences.

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Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A laser attack on a lymph node provides the drama behind the top-rated video in Nikon's 2012 Small World in Motion competition, which celebrates time-lapse movies made on a microscopic scale.

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