Believing that universe expanded from something the size of a grain of sand — or even out of nothing — does, indeed, sound like «fairytales and mythology» to me. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
If each was the size of a grain of sand, they would fill every beach in Florida. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Delfyett's groups use «laser chips about the size of a grain of sand to transmit as much information as we can from point A to point B.» His team holds the record for shortest and most intense pulse from a semiconductor laser diode and recently invented a chip that can transmit more than 1 trillion bits or terabit of information per second, nearly 200,000 compressed digital TV channels. (sciencemag.org)