fingernail

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When used together, these ingredients produced a formula that allowed a smartphone to register a fingernail touch, marking an important early success.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

IBM says 2nm designs can fit up to 50 billion transistors, tiny components smaller than a virus, on a chip the size of a fingernail.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

"Apparently they're used to scoop out your earwax, as if your fingernail won't do," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Hewlett had detected metal buried inside some gravel—digging it up, he found a chunk of gold about half the size of his pinkie fingernail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Forensic scientists recommend a fingernail, a tooth, a tissue sample, and a piece of the femur.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady