Sentences with phrase «microscopic needles»

It has calcium carbonate as its internal skeleton in the form of microscopic needles and upon death contributes these to help form lime mud.

The patch could also be used to deliver immunotherapeutic drugs directly to the skin tumor, through microscopic needles that are conical - shaped, a therapy that appears to be effective in mice, Ye says.

The crystals are actually microscopic needle - like enzymes that are formed in the stem and leaves of the gold dieffenbachia as a deterrent to pests.

On top of that, the microscopic needle can be controlled so precisely that scientists are able either to harvest the content of the nucleus or collect the intracellular fluid surrounding the nucleus, the cytosol.

With intracytoplasmic sperm injection, an embryologist can inject a single sperm into the cytoplasm of an egg with a microscopic needle while bypassing the normal cascade of chemical reactions necessary for fertilization.

Normally, force microscopes measure the compression of the needle against the specimen by bouncing a single laser off the cantilever, or arm, that holds the microscopic needle in place.

After shaving the animals, the researchers delivered the drug every day in microscopic needles that dissolve after being inserted.