Sentences with phrase «trap tiny samples»

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Vortex's system uses a microfluidic chip to generate tiny vortices that trap larger, more deformable cancer cells from a blood plasma sample.

In particular, they looked at samples that contained melt inclusions, tiny dots of molten magma that became trapped within crystals of olivine.

Undaunted, the Russians drilled down through the ice at their feet to sample tiny air bubbles trapped inside.

If the liquid water subsequently freezes, the excess CO2 will appear as very tiny trapped bubbles, far smaller than the size of the ice grains resulting from crushing the ice sample during the analysis process.