Sentences with phrase «such tiny scales»

Some of these properties are so short - lived and occur at such tiny scales that they remain shrouded in mystery.

Although this is not the first nanonecklace ever made, the new process provides a more general and controllable way of synthesizing such nanomaterials — a useful development, because manipulating materials on such tiny scales is a challenge.

Catherine Carr, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, College Park, agrees that the study is «very exciting» — particularly because the katydids have overcome the problem of impedance matching «on such a tiny scale.»

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Wired magazine points out: «One of the (many) intriguing parts of the WhatsApp story is that it has achieved such enormous scale with such a tiny team.

The ability to probe such exquisite physical phenomena at these tiny scales is why ORNL purchased the HERMES.»

In the quantum world, physicists study the tiny particles that make up our classical world — neutrons, electrons, photons — either one at a time or in small numbers because the behaviour of the particles is completely different on such a small scale.

The challenge is to make such a tiny microstructure stable — and reproducible on a much larger, bulk scale.

Although most scientists consider such mechanical «exfoliation» techniques to be suited only for making tiny amounts, Geim does not necessarily agree: «Recently the procedure was scaled up to produce as much graphene as you want.»

An imaging technique that freezes tiny biological objects such as proteins and viruses in place so that scientists can peer into their structures at the scale of atoms has won its developers the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Theoretically, you could pattern metamaterials at that tiny scale using specialized methods like focused beams of charged atoms, but such materials would be difficult to mass - produce.

Click through the images to see them all Da Vinci surgical system This robot translates a surgeon's movements down to a tiny scale to allow minimally invasive procedures, such as heart valve repair.

Such stacking results in properties vastly different from those of the parent layers, allowing for customized electronic engineering at the tiniest possible scale.

To 3D print vessels on such a small scale — 100 microns, small enough for tiny blood vessels — Chen leveraged his connection to Innolign, a Boston biomedical technology company he helped found.

Levy flights make tiny steps most of the time but sometimes take gigantic jumps, such that on any time scale, most of the distance has been traveled in just one hop.

When scaling down robots to the micrometer scale for tiny tasks such as incising tissue and puncturing retinal veins, minimalism is key.

Gladbachus, though relatively young, has features seen in even older fossils, such as its tiny scales.

In order to distract the eye from all that fabric you're wearing wearing your maxi skirt with an attention - grabbing printed top such as a cute polka dot, a smaller - scaled graphic or tiny floral.

Such boutique programs offer highly personalized environments on a tiny scale, in a tech - enabled reinvention of the one - room schoolhouse that eschews lockstep schedules and standard curricula for student - led learning.

The Galaxy games had such a grand sense of scale, placing one tiny man on huge planetoids among the stars.

Margaret Gould Stewart, Facebook's director of product design, outlines three rules for design at such a massive scale — one so big that the tiniest of tweaks can cause global outrage, but also so large that the subtlest of improvements can positively impact the lives of many.

As she had done in previous work, Ross - Ho played with scale in this arrangement by including exaggeratedly large or miniaturized versions of some of the objects, such as jumbo paper clips and tiny beverage bottles.

While one can build a great tiny home for a few thousand dollars, there will always tiny homes on the other end of the scale, such as this well - appointed and pretty luxurious tiny house measuring 280 square feet in Aurora, Oregon.