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microscopic

[mahy-kruh-skop-ik] / ˌmaɪ krəˈskɒp ɪk /


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Photonic chips manipulate light using microscopic structures called waveguides that are etched into a wafer.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

To accomplish this, the researchers embedded hydrogen titanate nanoparticles into the microscopic grooves of the black metal surface.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

The team's models tracked both microscopic particle collisions and large-scale movement throughout the enormous gas disk.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Doctors do not know that each thread is a bundle of microscopic neurons.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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