microscopic

Sometimes, as in the entrancing microscopic world of watch repair, it’s just fingertips.

For instance, a study of the 2016 election found an estimated 30 incidents of ineligible immigrants voting out of 23.5 million votes cast across 42 jurisdictions, a microscopic 0.0001 percent.

Southern California beaches have recently experienced a “red tide” bloom of microscopic algae known as dinoflagellate, which give the ocean a rusty brown hue during the day and an electric blue glow when agitated by waves or other movement at night.

The microscopic algae have an extremely fast response to stimuli — such as breaking waves — and produce their glow 15 milliseconds after stimulation, researchers say.

The powder was designed to trap the greenhouse gas in its microscopic pores, then release it when it’s ready to be squirreled away someplace where it can’t contribute to global warming.