Sentences with phrase «microscopic pieces of»

Over a thousand years ago, Mesopotamian artisans stumbled on a new way to add a special sheen to their ceramics: using microscopic pieces of metal.

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 do think that being an atheist in light of the complexity of creation (both on an infinite universe - sized level and on a microscopic atomic level) requires some amount of faith in something — even if it is faith in the ability of random pieces of matter to assemble themselves into something complicated.

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.

Microscopic fragments of plastic — or microplastics — are pieces of plastic less than 5 mm in diameter and are a global marine pollutant.

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.

«This accurate local structure is the important piece in relating the microscopic to macroscopic, or intrinsic properties of the ions in solution to collective properties,» said Mundy, who led the studies at PNNL.

Short - read sequencing works by splitting the DNA of various microscopic organisms into small pieces that can then be sequenced.

Each microscopic and sub-microscopic piece of any entity has a purpose.

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

Slicing away at a piece of volcanic rock using a tiny diamond - tipped saw while keeping track of every microscopic wisp of volcanic dust — accurately documenting the final weight of the sample that was left behind.

Repeatedly press a piece of acetate tape to the skin and fur, and then lay the tape flat on a glass slide for microscopic examination.

Definitive diagnosis relies upon microscopic examination of stained sections of actual pieces of tumor (histopathology).

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.

If abnormal cells appear, a biopsy — surgical removal of a piece of tissue for microscopic examination — can be done.

The pieces include interpretations of microscopic forms, expressive manipulations of unusual angles of vision, playful placements of figures whose points of view contrast with that of the artist and more abstract presentations of a visual experience.

They were recently the subjects of a two - hour documentary on the South Bank Show, and have completed a new series of photo - pieces called The Fundamental Pictures, which use microscopic images of their bodily fluids to startling effect.

While Gill's immense nine - metre decorative calico scroll may prompt the viewer to stand back to take in the piece's extensive figures and patterns in their entirety, the minute scale of Hutchinson's drawings in contrast require the microscopic detail be studied up close and with the aid of a magnifying glass.

A study examining how the plastic waste is torn apart by ocean life has uncovered some eye - popping evidence, finding that a single plastic bag is literally broken into millions of microscopic pieces before being spread throughout the seas.