granule

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After discovering the TIS granule network five years ago, the lab had turned its attention to understanding which of the many thousands of mRNAs in a cell localize there, and whether they have shared characteristics.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Helles then uses a shredding machine to turn them into small pieces of rubber granule infill that are used sometimes in building projects, in agriculture to make artificial soil and also for artificial turf.

From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2023

For example, any crystal, whether a granule of table salt or a diamond necklace, is just a bunch of atoms arranged in a repeating pattern.

From Scientific American • Mar. 9, 2022

Just as Colin can’t put a finger on a pulsating white granule that vibrates in front of him, the viewer may go fuzzy trying to figure out where the director is coming from.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020

The women lined their eyes with dark kohl; some painted their lips and nails, and all of them wore black dresses colorfully embroidered with endless stitches, each the size of a sugar granule.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat