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ON THE COVER
The promise of the nanoworld seems like the stuff of science fiction-a supercomputer to hold in the palm of your hand, surgical tools 1000 times thinner than a human hair, mechanical switches no bigger than a molecule. How will we build these micromachines? When will the world have access to them? The answers lie in the nitty gritty work of scientists, where theory, experiment, and engineering converge to address this millennium's biggest challenge.

Photo illustration by Robert Couto and Marilee Bailey.

  CREDITS
EDITOR
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  Pamela Lingen Patterson  
STAFF WRITERS
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Paul Preuss  
Lynn Yarris
  
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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  Jon Bashor  
ART DIRECTION
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  Niza Hanany  
PHOTOGRAPHY
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  Roy Kaltschmidt  
ILLUSTRATION
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    Flavio Robles, Jr. 
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
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  Robert Couto  
WEB ART DIRECTION
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  Cheryl Ventimiglia  
WEB DEVELOPMENT
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  Erik Richman  
WEB DESIGN
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  Denise Allen  
 
WEB PRODUCTION
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  Alice Ramirez  
 
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