Sentences with phrase «from microscopic pieces»

In trying to understand how comets, asteroids, and planets were built from microscopic pieces of dust whirling around the protoplanetary disk, modelers have a problem they call the «aggregation barrier.»

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I've developed the early symptoms of an allergic reaction when I'm in a room where other people are eating pecans just from breathing in the microscopic pieces hovering in the air.

There, floating debris — from microscopic particles of plastic to large pieces like ropes and fishing nets — is carried by currents and accumulates.

In a second piece, Wise explained how a marine ecologist is using robots (with casings made from surplus fire extinguishers) to mimic the motions of microscopic marine life, including crab larvae, as they move through ocean waters during their development into adult organisms.

The inner wall of the small intestine is lined with epithelial tissue covered in wrinkles and folds from which villi — microscopic fingerlike pieces of tissue — project, increasing the surface area for absorption.

The hallmarks are there, from the microscopic attention to the family dynamic to the ridiculous, set - piece bombast of the grand finale.

However, histopathology (the microscopic examination of specially prepared and stained tissue sections made from actual pieces of the tumor) is needed for an accurate diagnosis.

His inventive works range in size from monumental kinetic and sound - producing sculptures to almost microscopic pieces created from such unassuming materials as fingernail clippings and eggshells.