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Now comes word of another moonshot project from the company's Google X division: an ingestible disease - detecting pill containing thousands of microscopic magnetic particles that course through a person's bloodstream in search of malignant cells, according to the Associated Press.

Metal oxides such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are increasingly being used in sunscreens and cosmetics in the form of nanoparticles — microscopic particles of matter measured on the nanoscale.

Prather's instrument — a tangle of metal tubes, wires, and airtight chambers nicknamed Shirley — tick - tick - ticks as its laser blasts apart hundreds of microscopic cloud particles, one by one, that are drawn in from the air outside.

Physics also deals separately with the microscopic — the individual movements of particles in a gas, say — and the macroscopic, for example when the sum...

In fact, putting aside microscopic processes happening inside atoms, everything we see can be accounted for in terms of particles interacting through just gravity and electromagnetisIn fact, putting aside microscopic processes happening inside atoms, everything we see can be accounted for in terms of particles interacting through just gravity and electromagnetisin terms of particles interacting through just gravity and electromagnetism.

Prather had spent 15 years developing a device that could suck in microscopic particles from the air and analyze their chemical composition in a few thousandths of a second.

In 2010, German scientists discovered another useful function of corneal nipples: they help keep pollen grains, dust particles, and other microscopic crud out of the insects» eyes.

Clouds of electrons created by ionised gas in the beam chamber and microscopic dust particles — playfully known as unidentified falling objects, or UFOs — are interrupting the beams and making it harder to get the LHC running consistently.

A future form of computing could see information stored on clusters of microscopic particles suspended in liquid

In the model microscopic system developed by scientists from Bristol, Düsseldorf, Mainz, Princeton and Santa Barbara, a ring of colloidal particles are localised in optical tweezers and automatically translated on a circular path, transferring a rotational motion to an assembly of identical colloids confined to the interior regioIn the model microscopic system developed by scientists from Bristol, Düsseldorf, Mainz, Princeton and Santa Barbara, a ring of colloidal particles are localised in optical tweezers and automatically translated on a circular path, transferring a rotational motion to an assembly of identical colloids confined to the interior regioin optical tweezers and automatically translated on a circular path, transferring a rotational motion to an assembly of identical colloids confined to the interior region.

But Čižmár and colleagues at the Czech Institute of Scientific Instruments reported in January that they had figured out how to pull microscopic Styrofoam particles with light.

The microscopic organism — an archaea known as Metallosphaera sedula (seen as a cluster of tiny dots sitting in the middle of the meteoritic dust particle pictured above)-- was originally found in 1989 living in Italy's hot acidic sulfur springs around Vesuvius.

Nesbitt added that it's even possible that life itself may have originated inside microscopic liquid particles formed early in Earth's history.

The Sionix Elixir system uses pressurized air that produces microscopic bubbles that adhere to suspended particles in water.

In a series of papers, Firestone and his colleagues claimed various kinds of evidence for the hypothesis, including deposits of the element iridium (rare on Earth but abundant in meteorites), microscopic diamonds (called nanodiamonds), and magnetic particles in deposits at sites supposedly dated to about 12,800 years agIn a series of papers, Firestone and his colleagues claimed various kinds of evidence for the hypothesis, including deposits of the element iridium (rare on Earth but abundant in meteorites), microscopic diamonds (called nanodiamonds), and magnetic particles in deposits at sites supposedly dated to about 12,800 years agin meteorites), microscopic diamonds (called nanodiamonds), and magnetic particles in deposits at sites supposedly dated to about 12,800 years agin deposits at sites supposedly dated to about 12,800 years ago.

Beijing's air is full of pollutants like sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and notably, particulate matter (microscopic particles like those in engine exhaust).

A major key to what turns ordinary clouds into rainmakers in the first place is their ability to form ice crystals around the microscopic particles that invade and «seed» them, Prather said.

ACE - M - 1 testing will take advantage of the microgravity environment of station to study how microscopic particles spread out and clump together in gels and creams.

In the macroscopic view, such particles are indeed large, but in the microscopic view, each small part of a large dust particle scatters radio waves and produces unique polarization featureIn the macroscopic view, such particles are indeed large, but in the microscopic view, each small part of a large dust particle scatters radio waves and produces unique polarization featurein the microscopic view, each small part of a large dust particle scatters radio waves and produces unique polarization features.

Pohlker, Andreae, and their colleagues ran the numbers and found that the amount of potassium particles released from microscopic fungi in the lab was indeed enough to account for the concentration of potassium they observed in their samples.

In most materials, including copper and other metals that conduct electricity, electrons navigate an obstacle course of microscopic outcroppings, ledges and other imperfections that obstruct the tiny particles and send them scattering in the wrong directionIn most materials, including copper and other metals that conduct electricity, electrons navigate an obstacle course of microscopic outcroppings, ledges and other imperfections that obstruct the tiny particles and send them scattering in the wrong directionin the wrong directions.

Because neutrons are microscopic magnets that carry no charge, they can be used to interact with and excite other magnetic particles in the system without compromising the integrity of the material's atomic structure.

In the paper published this week, the magnetite particles in ALH84001 are analysed by geoscientists Ralph Harvey of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, working with John Bradley of MVA in Norcross, Georgia, a company which specialises in microscopic analysiIn the paper published this week, the magnetite particles in ALH84001 are analysed by geoscientists Ralph Harvey of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, working with John Bradley of MVA in Norcross, Georgia, a company which specialises in microscopic analysiin ALH84001 are analysed by geoscientists Ralph Harvey of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, working with John Bradley of MVA in Norcross, Georgia, a company which specialises in microscopic analysiin Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, working with John Bradley of MVA in Norcross, Georgia, a company which specialises in microscopic analysiin Knoxville, working with John Bradley of MVA in Norcross, Georgia, a company which specialises in microscopic analysiin Norcross, Georgia, a company which specialises in microscopic analysiin microscopic analysis.

The concern: whether there's a risk these microscopic particles, measuring up to 100 nanometers in length (a nanometer is 40 millionths of an inch), can enter the lungs of chemical workers and become lodged in tissue there and in their throats.

The sun is directly behind the planet — an alignment not visible from Earth — which allowed astronomers to discover two faint outer hoops, never before seen, and to observe in unprecedented detail the microscopic particles that make up the rings.

Another perplexing oddity is known as quantum tunneling: In the microscopic realm, particles can travel across barriers that, in theory, they should not have the energy to get througIn the microscopic realm, particles can travel across barriers that, in theory, they should not have the energy to get througin theory, they should not have the energy to get through.

A team of engineers has created tiny acoustic vortices and used them to grip and spin microscopic particles suspended in water.

Another hurricane - moderating hypothesis, this one advanced by Daniel Rosenfeld of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and William Woodley, an independent weather - modification researcher based in Colorado, holds that seeding a hurricane's lower reaches with microscopic dust particles — perhaps microbits of salt — would generate minute water droplets by giving the vapor something to attach to.

Opposing theories — one drawing mostly on experimental evidence, the other on results of modeling studies — have been proposed to explain shear thickening in suspensions of microscopic particles, also called colloids.

But electrostatic charging could also occur between microscopic particles of smog in Titan's air, allowing the particles to glom together, grow and precipitate to its surface.

The magnetite particles are thought to act like microscopic compass needles, relaying information to the nervous system by straining or twisting receptors in cells as they attempt to align with the Earth's magnetic field.

In the case of molecules, the many microscopic collisions between the particles which constitute gases, fluids, and solids couple the various forms of motion with each other.

There have been articles as far back as the 70s concerning global dimming but it's only very recently, apparently, that all of the probable causes (e.g. the microscopic particles causing smaller water droplets in clouds, enhancing the mirror effect, as well as contrails) have been understood.

an open source suite of classes and programs implemented in C++ for single particle electron microscopic image processing.

The really cold air can't hold all that water vapor so the vapor instead condenses around any microscopic particles of dust, salt or whatever else might be floating in the air and voila, you have a cloud.

One of those complex interactions is aerosols, the microscopic particles of dust, soot, and chemicals dispersed in the atmosphere that scatter or absorb sunlight and act as seeds for cloud formation.

January 24, 2018 - The use of nanotechnology has exploded over the past few decades, with more and more manufacturers including nanoparticles (microscopic particles that are bigger than an atom but smaller than what the human eye can see) in clothing, food, and various...

Microscopic particles of stardust, known as «pre-solar grains,» have been found in meteoritic material on Earth.

Microscopic specks of soot, dirt, acid, and other pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere in metropolitan areas (cars, factories, construction sites, etc.), and when these particles come into contact with your skin, they penetrate deep into the layers of the epidermis, causing inflammation, dehydration, and reactions on the cellular level.

UV light and the salt in seawater cause microscopic particles of plastic to emit toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDT.

«In addition to fungal and bacterial species, bed coverings contain all sorts of microscopic debris including pet dander, lint, soil, dust, dust mites and their droppings, various excrements from the body, skin cells, cosmetics, synthetic chemicals, and other particles.»

Microscopic particles move in a random, zig - zag like pattern (because they collide with other molecules).

These coagulants not only filter large particles but also microscopic substances found in drinking water.

In healthy individuals not suffering from leaky gut syndrome, the small intestine contains microscopic pores that only allow nutrients to pass through to the bloodstream, but not toxins and large undigested food particles.

On a smaller level, UV light and the salt in seawater cause microscopic particles of plastic to emit toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDT.

As any light hits the bamboo silica in this matte foundation formula, the microscopic particles will bounce light away from the face, resulting in a red - carpet - worthy filter for skin.

In Kobo eReaders» E Ink display, there are microscopic particles of black and white ink mixed in with each pixel on the screeIn Kobo eReaders» E Ink display, there are microscopic particles of black and white ink mixed in with each pixel on the screein with each pixel on the screen.

Electronic paper, which started out as a project at legendary Silicon Valley research lab PARC in the 1970s, is built around microscopic spheres that are filled with charged particles.

The cat allergens become airborne as microscopic particles and these are breathed in by the allergy sufferer.

The organisms can become airborne after being expelled by a coughing dog, carried in the air in microscopic particles of dust and water vapor.