capillary
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The current study includes capillary blood samples from 203 people who underwent the finger prick test at one of five memory clinics in Europe.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
They function through capillary action -- the very phenomena by which a spilled liquid on the kitchen table spontaneously wicks into the paper towel used to wipe it up.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
Water can work its way under the door threshold via capillary attraction, wind or even negative slope on the exterior landing, causing water to run toward the room.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Researchers used to assume these birds relied on capillary action—the tendency of a liquid to flow up a narrow tube—to take in nectar.
From Science Magazine • May 24, 2023
Water rises through the clay to meet it, but cannot proceed further because the sand is too loose for further capillary action.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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