Sentences with phrase «sharp needles made»

First conceived in 1912, lithium - metal batteries have the potential for huge amounts of energy storage at a low cost, but they suffer from a fatal flaw: dendrites — sharp needles made of clumps of lithium atoms that can cause batteries to heat up and occasionally short - circuit and catch fire.

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The hypodermic needle made a splash on the medical stage in the 1850s by combining two key inventions: the conventional syringe (eventually converted from metal to glass so that users could better measure doses) and sharp, hollow needles.

My kids are almost 5 and 6 and I did this one on one with the kids instead of as a group activity the Needle Felting Tool is extremly sharp and I wanted to make sure that we didn't have any accidents of stabbed fingers.

With an ensemble of comic luminaries, from Jeffrey Tambor to Michael Palin, savouring every needle - sharp line of dialogue, it's a masterclass in twisted hilarity that makes Orwell's «Animal Farm» look like a trip to a petting zoo.

Anderson makes the audience acutely aware of just how flaky the croissants are, the rich and smooth flow of black coffee in the morning, the structural appearance of every dress, and the sharp sound a needle makes piercing through fabric.

A slight bit of rasp makes its way into the cockpit, but most of what you hear is a throaty mix of induction honk and moderately loud growl, and as the tach needle climbs across the tach, it takes on a harder - tinged, sharper, more metallic note.

A sharp curve could make the needle swing from nearly empty to three - quarters of a tank.

Almost immediately, the voices of elders he used to know came back to him — spruce needles stick out sharper on the north side of trees; shallow sandbars make the ice buckle — hints about how to find yourself, when the world changed around you.

Adichie's observations are needle - sharp when it comes to race, but her empathy makes Americanah — a term that is used for Nigerians who go to America and return with an exaggerated sense of superiority — a warm and surprisingly funny read.

We use small sharp needles that do not hurt as much; we use muzzles loaded with peanut butter, or baby food to make them yummy and distracting as I examine an infected ear.

Laurie Reid painted with acid directly onto a copper plate to create delicate, looping curves in «First Verse,» 2000, while Sol LeWitt made his loops and curves by drawing into hard ground wax with a sharp, etching needle in «Small Etching / Black & White No. 5,» 1999.