Sentences with phrase «size of pencil erasers»

A few days later, he told her about a lab in Columbus, Ohio, that was making fuel cells the size of pencil erasers.

Q: Sir, I am looking for a pepper that is round, about the size of a pencil eraser.

I am looking for a pepper that is round, about the size of a pencil eraser.

The dart «takes a little plug of skin and blubber... about the size of a pencil eraser,» Gabriele says.

Mini-brains 3 to 4 millimetres across have been grown in the lab before, but if a larger brain had been created — and the press release publicising the claim said it was the size of a pencil eraser — that would be a major breakthrough.

Iliffe thinks the tiny creatures — about the size of a pencil eraser — might use these appendages to clean themselves and then eat whatever bacteria they've cleaned off their bodies.

At NIF, that reaction will take place inside this tiny gold cylinder, which is the size of a pencil eraser.

The target is a gold - plated cylinder the size of a pencil eraser (8.4 millimetres by 4.6 millimetres), called a hohlraum.

At the University of Waterloo in Ontario, microroboticist Behrad Khamesee has developed a flying robot about the size of a pencil eraser.

The individual spiders are only the size of a pencil eraser, but they form organized groups that can catch prey ranging from fruit flies to small vertebrates.

The lab - grown brain, about the size of a pencil eraser, has an identifiable structure and contains 99 percent of the genes present in the human fetal brain.

Despite being so tiny — the biggest species» growing to the size of a pencil eraser — they have flashy back sides that display a full rainbow of color.

Once the anesthetic has taken effect, the doctor will make a minimum of 2 small incisions, each incision being about the size of a pencil eraser tip, and remove the necessary quantity of fat with a water - assisted suction device.

It was the size of a pencil eraser.

Not too shabby for something the size of a pencil eraser.

Not exact matches

Sound - emitting tags the size of pencil - top erasers can be implanted in fish without ill effect, and their distinctive beeps can be detected by receivers aboard ships or on the sea floor.

But it's especially vital if the mole exhibits one or more of the ABCDE signs of melanoma: asymmetry, border irregularity, color variations, a diameter that's larger than a pencil eraser's, and an evolving size, color or shape.

These round, oval or heart - shaped disks are small in size, oftentimes smaller than the tip of a pencil eraser.