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While iSCAT enables researchers to "track" individual particles and observe rapid changes inside cells, it lacks the wider view offered by QPM.

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Although these particles are far too small to see, the electric current they produce flows through wires in a way that resembles water moving through a pipe.

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This ability allows them to generate the particles responsible for the "knee" and those that extend beyond it.

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As a result, the smallest "particle" in those models usually represents a group of roughly 100 stars, which averages away the behavior of individual stars and limits the accuracy of small-scale processes.

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Cloud seeding involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to trigger rain.

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