Sentences with phrase «thicker than a human hair»

At each visit, they inserted a fine wire electrode, no thicker than a human hair, into two muscles around one of each of the volunteers» knees.

Acupuncture needles are solid, slender — slightly thicker than a human hair — and bear no resemblance to syringes.

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However, not only did the wires become longer during this time, but also thicker: their diameter increased from an initial 20 nm to up to 140 nm at the top of the wire, still making them around 500 times thinner than a human hair.

The research focuses on guiding light through nanometer - thick metal films — about a thousand times thinner than a human hair — to propagate light with plasmon waves, a cumulative electron oscillation.

First, acupuncture needles are extremely thin, a little thicker than the width of a human hair, a bit thinner than your cat's whiskers.

The solar photovoltaic cell is only one micrometer thick, which is far thinner than a human hair, while most thin - film solar cells are between two and four micrometers thick.