macroscopic

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This compact book weaves together topics including the microscopic quantum tunneling required for nuclear fusion and the macroscopic geometry of spacetime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

This switching changes the material's macroscopic electrical properties and reverses which direction has easier electrical flow, a property known as the diode effect, where current flows more easily in one direction than the other.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

In the words of the committee, "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit".

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

It requires the use of macroscopic voltage measurement, which looks at the overall voltage changes across a material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

The mechanism by which genes specify macroscopic anatomical features—limbs, organs, and structures—was the first to be deciphered.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee