microscopic

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To visualize microscopic asbestos fibers in talcum powder, he brought a bale of hay into a courtroom and dropped a needle into the blades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

And as corny as that may seem, I implore you: If you have even one microscopic iota of curiosity, see this film.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Instead of revealing fine details, they tend to wash over microscopic samples.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

An artist famed for his microscopic sculptures has created a miniature work of Tommy Shelby, from Peaky Blinders.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Even for Barnard’s Star, the investigation must be painstaking, a search for microscopic displacements of position on photographic plates exposed at the telescope over a period of decades.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan