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Via National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA - "The fabrication of each cell was a labor-intensive process that included precise cutting and grinding of the glass components, fusing of the glass components, and then more grinding and polishing to obtain desired dimensions." Read the attached PDF in the link below.

NASA Technical Reports Server - Microscope Cells Containing Multiple Micromachined Wells An improved design for multiple-well microscope cells and an associated improved method of fabricating them have been devised.

Amazing for quantum mechanics. What a think tank over there at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory! This story is why Smaltec is interested in science and of course, micromachining and micro-edm.

For the First Time, Scientists Watch Electrons Move in Real Time For the first time, scientists have been able to watch electrons move in an atom's outer shell, in a breakthrough with major implications for our understanding of chemical processes.

One of the ideas of 2012 is the need for some sort of industrial policy. President Barack Obama called for more robust support of manufacturing in his State of the Union address and his “An America Built to Last” blueprint, which followed shortly afterward.

An Obama Aide Makes the Case for a Manufacturing Bias