Sentences with phrase «tip of a human hair»

Measuring just 3 by 4 nanometres, around 20,000 of the cars could be parked on the tip of a human hair.

The tiny particles are 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a human hair, and are designed to latch on to atherosclerotic plaques — hard deposits made from accumulated fat, cholesterol and calcium that build up on the walls of arteries and are prone to rupture, producing dangerous clots.

Not exact matches

We already knew that E. coli can grip to human cells using hair - like appendages that have tiny protein hooks on their tips, but until now no one had worked out the structure of this protein, called FimH, or how it interacts with human cells.

Their small size — they are 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a single strand of human hair — and «sticky» surfaces enable them to accumulate and be retained within the plaques to facilitate healing and remodeling to block plaque rupture and thrombosis.

These nanoparticles are 1000 times smaller than the tip of a single human - hair strand.

They are handmade from 100 % human hair, and can be worn an average of 5 - 8 times (for lash tips and tricks click here).

It's taken four years of secret scientific research to investigate the science of hair from root to tip, looking at 1010 miles of real human hair, and # 50 million in development to bring us a hair dryer that is said to have a motor that is eight times faster than other hair dryers and half the weight * They tested the product on different hair types and built test rigs which mechanically simulate hair drying techniques — which can differ around the world.