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World’s Smallest Bowl of Ramen

Started by tofugu · 1 year ago

Having taken (and nearly failed) more chemistry courses than I would like to remember, I’m usually not particularly enthusiastic about molecular engineering. However, a recent news story caught my eye this morning. Apparently, Masayuki Nakao, a professor at Todai, has just debuted the smallest bowl of ramen known to man. 
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34 comments

  • Fredy

    1 year ago

    Also... hmmm... what can I say for this article?
    Holy MOLEy!
    Haha. Moles? Get it?
    I really don't like chemistry... :\
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    You get a point for that :P hahahah

    Speaking of moles....

    How many guacs are in a bowl of guacamole?


    ... AvoCADOS number.

    Oh man.
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    That's disgusting.
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  • Fredy

    1 year ago

    UGGHHH. That's honestly the only way I remember that stupid constant.
    Those jokes.. are worst than the IB jokes we make in our 6 people Ib music class.
    IB thinkin' I can't Handel this. These jokes make me feel baroquen.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    I just played with the Bunsen Burner
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  • WOTDsctoo

    1 year ago

    Ahhh, I heard about this on the radio this morning! Crazy.

    I sure hope Masayuki Nakao is putting that knowledge and talent to better uses in something else though...the noodles aren't even edible. :P
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Three atoms in a row measures roughly 1 nm. Therefore, at 1,016 nm, it is around 339 atoms in width, assuming it is closed packed. Tiny :)
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    Haha, hopefully this post will bring out all of Tofugu's closet science geeks. I was going to go on about the real-life applications of nanotubes, Buckyballs, and the like, but I didn't want to bore people to death :D
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    mmm, buckyball flavored ramen
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Oops.. I made tons of mistakes!! Haha WOW

    If it is indeed 3 atoms per 1 nm, then it is 3048 atoms in width.. But even that is wrong. 1nm equals roughly 8 atoms, therefore approx. 8128 atoms in width.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    jeeesh viet. That means this thing is HUGE. Like, 8128 atoms huge!
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    How would you know? You have a poor sense with numbers.

    Here is a cool flash to get some sense of the relative sizes within our unit system
    http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/universcal...
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    you saw my mathematical awesomeness in geometry....7-8 years ago? jebus, we're old.
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  • Fitzy

    1 year ago

    *see remark way down on the bottom of the page* I suck again...
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  • keikan16

    1 year ago

    Wow, another science break through. What will they think of next.
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  • ch1ka

    1 year ago

    If you cant eat it... whats the use ><!

    If you were actually able to eat it... how would you know you ate it? and how would you eat it?so... whos going to invent the smallest chop sticks eh? =P
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    Well, technically it should be edible. If it's nothing but carbon, it wouldn't be toxic. But anyway, you really wouldn't want to eat it--it's art!
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  • Chester_King

    1 year ago

    Small ramen bowls would be really popular for people who need to maximize their living space.... like this lady...

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japancrimeoffbeat


    Oh, and let's not forget that some Japanese dude is now marketing ramen in a can. I wonder how many of those "small" ramen bowls will fit in a can; anyone want to do the calculations? I know that I don't....
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  • Fredy

    1 year ago

    WOW! That story is amazing! That's freakin' scary! It reminds of that movie, "the strangers" that's coming out. Oh man, I remember I used to always check every room in the house when I came home alone years ago, just in case someone had tried to sneak in. It's crazy though that she's been in there for months! Crazy!
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    We were going to do a post about it but never quite got around to it.

    Crazy, right?
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  • Caitie

    1 year ago

    That must have been awkward...finding some random lady living in your crawlspace. -shivers-

    The tiny ramen bowl.....it is a novel idea, to say the least, but couldn't he be putting his massive intelligence to better use? Like..........sending ramen into space.
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    Already been done! In this Tofugu article, I briefly mentioned ramen's space debut, described more fully here.
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Psh space ramen. Sapporo is going to make space BEER!
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    I don't much like the idea of drunk astronauts.
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  • Digger

    1 year ago

    I'd like to know the budget for this project....
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  • paranoid

    1 year ago

    Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    Quibbler D:

    Maybe "World's Smallest Sculpture of a Bowl of Ramen" would be more accurate?
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  • mmnessa

    1 year ago

    I'm sorry but, why is this important?? who's gonna eat it?? WHAT IS THE POINT?!
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    L'art pour l'art.
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  • Fitzy

    1 year ago

    Ah all those UW classes paying off... sort of...
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  • Fitzy

    1 year ago

    That was to Viet's comment on the atoms... yeah... uhh no idea why it popped it down here.
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  • Xhilononi234

    1 year ago

    どうしてあの方はあれをしましたか。
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  • emiko

    11 months ago

    amazing
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  • GJB995

    3 weeks ago

    sounds good, small but good
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