He isn't just occupied crafting ultra-thin gold and iridium
wires: Tijs Mocking, researcher at the University of Twente's MESA+ Institute
for Nanotechnology, manages to bridge the 'gap' between two gold nanowires,
each just a few atoms high, with a single molecule. This bridge can serve to detect
new physical effects or may act as a switch. Tijs Mocking obtained his PhD
degree on 19 September.