| 单词 | centimetre |
| 例句 | Slowly, majestically, with a faint humming of machinery, the Conveyors moved forward, thirty-three centimetres an hour. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The blade wasn’t more than a centimetre long, very small, very sharp and very shiny. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington is the capital of the United States of America, or 1 centimetre equals approximately 0.39 inches. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘A terrible row, Ben. I nearly hit her, I came this close ...’ She held out her finger and thumb, a centimetre apart. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z In a forcible emphatic way, he was handsome and looked, as his secretary was never tired of repeating, every centimetre an Alpha-Plus. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood eight centimetres short of the standard Alpha height and was slender in proportion. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy . But, I say!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember one cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty-three Delta females, long-headed, sandy, with narrow pelvises, and all within 20 millimetres of 1 metre 69 centimetres tall, were cutting screws. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Each bottle could be placed on one of fifteen racks, each rack, though you couldn’t see it, was a conveyor traveling at the rate of thirty-three and a third centimetres an hour. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1909, the moving staircase at Père-Lachaise, which covered 30 centimetres a second, made the old kind of staircase seem intolerably uncooperative. Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The artworks in this photograph are only a few centimetres wide and are housed in a wooden kennel. Akram Khan: Gallery gives glimpse into dancer's world 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Working from the outside of the hood, push a couple of centimetres of pipe cleaner through one hole, and back through the other. Dressing up for World Book Day: Make Max's wolf suit from Where The Wild Things Are 2013-03-05T15:31:00Z The chocolate felt as if it moved a centimetre or two backwards. Gimme gimme gimme: how to increase your willpower 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Wipe a large aubergine, or two small ones, remove and discard the stalks then slice into rounds, roughly a centimetre thick. Nigel Slater's aubergine and mozzarella recipe 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The regulation hem level is a few centimetres lower than crotch level. Too much to bare: behind the scenes at a lap-dancing club 2012-07-20T21:59:00Z The handrail on the stairs was a few centimetres more rickety, thanks to Psycho Derek's heavy grasping. One Tree Hill and me: the true cost of renting your home to a hit TV show 2012-07-27T22:00:46Z They slept on floors covered with dog hair a centimetre deep, drove hundreds of miles to Kentucky to perform for Berninger's mum and a bored bartender, but never seriously considered packing it in. The National: gloomy ? with a hint of sunshine 2010-04-22T20:30:00Z The manuscript is two hundred and twenty-five millimetres tall, a hundred and sixty wide, and five centimetres thick. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Even 10 centimetres of liquid creates over three tonnes of additional weight. Behind the scenes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at West Yorkshire Playhouse 2012-10-05T14:45:40Z Photograph: Lisa Milroy/Tate I always began my sky paintings and monoprints of the 1990s by drawing the horizon line centimetres, even millimetres, above the bottom of the canvas or paper. Framing the view: six artists reveal how they choose landscapes 2013-02-02T09:01:01Z There have also been many reports of ball lightning, usually a glowing sphere 20 to 30 centimetres across that floats through the air quite slowly, with sudden changes of direction. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z His right leg moved a few centimetres, then he cupped his hands under his thigh, to lift it further. 'You think I'm mad?' – the truth about psychosomatic illness 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z I've had that Spinal Tap Stonehenge moment, with people ringing up asking, 'Do you mean centimetres or metres?' Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z The filament was less than a centimetre long. Extract: Trespass by Rose Tremain 2010-08-06T08:55:00Z This year, production is expected to exceed a million metres – the biggest production run for 15 years – every centimetre hand-woven at homes in Scotland's Western Isles. Harris tweed returns to global boutiques after islands' renaissance 2012-11-09T16:45:33Z Coltrane’s melodies swell into overblown squawks and blasts, Ali searches for sound from every centimetre of his drum kit. My Journey with Jazz 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Choi's ingenious design is less than a centimetre thick when folded. Folding plug wins design of the year prize 2010-03-16T22:00:00Z Pericoli has worked out that 50 photographs add up to 20 centimetres of drawing. New York City views 2010-07-31T23:04:00Z Then Altman drew in a new hairline, a centimetre below Drake’s natural one, and sliced out the excess strip of skin. 'I just want to see the person I always saw in my head': the story of a face 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z In her most audacious piece of choreography yet, Rebecca Ferguson will lift her left foot two centimetres off the ground for approximately three quarters of a second. The X Factor Files: Stuart Heritage's X Factor briefing 2010-12-03T12:53:00Z The presumptive game board, which measured thirty-seven by twenty-one centimetres, lay near one edge of the flat surface, its holes picked out of the floor. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The Eurasian and North American plates are pulling apart from each other, a few centimetres each year. Iceland volcano: Peninsula faces 'decades' of instability 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The Earth's crust is fractured into different plates, and at the ridge the Eurasian and North American plates are moving apart at a few centimetres a year. Iceland volcano: what will the impact be? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z A large tree branch was ripped off in strong winds and pierced the roof - ending up just centimetres above his mattress. Storm Ciarán: Flooding and damage hits homes across UK 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The receivers emit a GPS signal which is then used to obtain a measurement to the nearest centimetre. France's highest mountain Mont Blanc is shrinking 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z One video showed a dark compartment, and stacked up to the roof were cardboard boxes containing fruit, leaving only a few dozen centimetres of space for them to sit on the floor. BBC helps to free suspected migrants stuck in refrigerated lorry in France 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But they provide considerable propulsion: the robot could jump to a height of 56 centimetres and carry a load 22 times its own weight. This Insect-Sized Robot Can Carry 22 Times Its Own Weight 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Norwegian surveys have proven crust deposits with thicknesses of up to 40 centimetres. Why does Norway want to mine the seabed? 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z In Basel, the recommendation is now to have a substrate of 15 centimetres. Urban oases combine roof gardens and solar panels 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z "I will do everything possible and impossible for Ukraine's victory - when we will liberate every centimetre of our country and each our person." Ukraine's parliament approves ex-lawmaker Rustem Umerov as defence minister 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z "I would recommend all critics to shut up, come to Ukraine and try to liberate one square centimetre by themselves," he said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Spain. Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up' 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z In the field events, Morgan Lake fell two centimetres short of the high jump medals, securing a fourth-place finish with a clearance at 1.97m. High hopes for Paris as British stars shine at Worlds 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Luna 25’s main instrument is a robotic arm that will attempt to dig up to 50 centimetres into the floor of the Boguslawsky crater to look for signs of water ice. Russia Launches First Moon Mission after Half-Century Hiatus 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Water marks are still visible on the wall, just 30 centimetres shy of the ceiling. "We ran for our lives": historic floods destroy Beijing couple's home 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z A mandatory increase to the height of the foot plate by 15 centimetres would minimise impact damage. E-bike battery fires spark call to regulate like fireworks 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Kyiv's forces continued to advance on Bakhmut's southern flanks but to the north Russian forces were "clinging to every centimetre and meter," she said. Ukraine reports more advances in south, battles rage in east 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z It had been buried for centuries by a few centimetres of earth and vegetation in the area of the Southern Acropolis at the Segesta site, which is in the western part of the island. Ancient Greek altar unearthed at archaeological site in Sicily 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z That has caused the geographic North Pole to shift at a speed of 4.36 centimetres per year, researchers have calculated. Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth’s Axis 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z "Her left eye was slightly lower, about half a centimetre, than her right eye - this would have been quite noticeable in life," he said. Trumpington burial: Teenage Anglo-Saxon girl's face revealed 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The results, published in the journal Sleep Health, showed a 15 cubic centimetre difference - equivalent to 2.6 to 6.5 years of ageing. A daytime nap is good for the brain 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z "We are demonstrating that NATO's territory is a red line and that we are prepared to defend each centimetre of this territory - but we won't undertake any flights towards Kaliningrad," he said. Germany, US allay civilian air traffic disruption fears ahead of massive drill 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Growing up to 15 centimetres high, with unassuming tan or yellow-green tops, death caps can taste quite nice, according to people who have accidentally eaten them and survived. World’s Deadliest Mushroom May Now Have an Antidote 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z They predicted that the displacement of groundwater alone causes a shift in the North Pole of 4.36 centimetres per year, roughly in the direction of Russia’s Novaya Zemlya islands. Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth’s Axis 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z During the following days, his residence in Khartoum was hit by crossfire that missed the windows by a few centimetres. Swiss envoy describes how bus trembled in narrow escape from Sudan 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Total brain volumes were about 1,480 cubic centimetres in the study. A daytime nap is good for the brain 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Roads across the south of the Sunshine State were also impacted after nearly 30 centimetres of rain fell within a few hours, causing traffic chaos. Watch: Waves form on severely flooded airport runway 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z There's also the Lyonesse Trophy, a semi-regular match against Penzance amateur side Dynamo Choughs to win what is dubbed as the world's smallest cup, measuring up at barely one centimetre tall. The island league where 'play you every week' is a promise 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z As cold air moves in it could lead to between a dusting of snow and several centimetres on roads and pavements, especially towards the north coast. Northern Ireland weather: Snow and ice due on Monday night 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z We've seen 20 to 40 centimetres in places, particularly on high ground, but I think most parts of Flintshire have seen snow this morning and will wake up to snow. Storm Larisa: More snow and ice disruption in Wales 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z "Our soldiers defend every centimetre of Ukrainian land," she said. Ukraine war: Russia planning 24 February offensive, Ukrainian defence minister says 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Fen skating takes place when a meadow floods and then freezes over, so the ice is very shallow, in places just a few centimetres, unlike frozen lakes. 'The joy of fen skating is a great metaphor for life' 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Almost two-thirds of its population live on a desert coastal plain that receives less than 2.5 centimetres of rain per year and relies on water from the Andes, including from melting glaciers. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z A rise in sea level of about 15 centimetres around the globe during the past century is due in large part to glacier melt. As climate clock ticks, aviator races to photograph glaciers 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Suffolk County Council reported on Friday that children in Lowestoft had tested ice on a frozen pond, which after an inspection was only a few centimetres thick. People on frozen water prompts urgent warning from police forces 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z He walks the county's streets to measure changes in the landscape or amenities - sometimes to the nearest centimetre. How our High Streets changed over the Covid lockdowns 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z While the ships will be lifted in their protective metal casing, the sleighs are being moved on a rail track, centimetre by centimetre, to a chamber for their safety. Millennium-old Viking ships shored up for Oslo move 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Pumuckel the Shetland pony is only 50 centimetres tall and weighs just 35 kilos. WATCH: Could this be the world's smallest pony? 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Rees-Zammit was key to the Gloucester attack, repeatedly running lines and while he fell centimetres short after being picked out by a cross-field kick, the ball was recycled left and Carreras went over. Six-try Gloucester extend winning run 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Ms Bradley's front door, which has level access, is no longer usable after sinking several centimetres, forcing her to use steps at the rear of the property. Bristol tenant fears house collapse after cracks discovered 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z "There will be fighting for every centimetre," Gaidai wrote on Telegram. Ukraine marches farther into liberated lands, separatist calls for urgent referendum 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Water levels could rise "by 50 centimetres or more" by the end of the next week, the shipping authorities said, based on the forecast for the next two weeks. Traffic along Rhine further hindered after vessel's engine failure 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Some areas reported receiving more than eight inches, or 20 centimetres, of rain in a 24-hour period. Kentucky: 16 dead in flash floods that followed heavy rain 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Pinatubo in the Philippines resulted in the accumulation of tens of centimetres of ash in fields and on rooftops in the surrounding populated region. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In a town in southern Jiangxi province, a section of a road arched up at least 15 centimetres due to the heat, state television showed. Dozens of Chinese cities on heatwave alert as roofs melt, roads buckle 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Shorts, skirts and tracksuit bottoms must be completely white, except for a single trim of colour "no wider than one centimetre" down the outside seam. It's time to talk tennis, periods & Wimbledon whites 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Water levels at the Kaub reference point were at 34 centimetres on Wednesday. Traffic along Rhine further hindered after vessel's engine failure 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z "The next dilemma was what picture to use on my dating profile, because my hair was only a centimetre long as I was getting chemo," said Katherine, who is now aged 32. I decided not to let cancer stop me dating 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Instead it slips episodically, approximately every 14 months for about 2 weeks, moving a few centimetres each time. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Since taking the medication, she has grown six centimetres in 12 months, which is two centimetres more than the average for a child her age with dwarfism. What does Simmonds think about new dwarfism drug? 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z One blow missed his heart by two centimetres before Maximen left and his victim managed to crawl back inside. Stabbing victim Dr Adam Towler says he does not want an apology 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Several centimetres could affect some areas closer to sea level - although not everywhere will get snow. Storm Eunice: Schools in seven counties of Ireland to close 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Maximen pulled him into the road and stabbed him repeatedly, including a blow that missed his heart by two centimetres. Halloween attack: Bristol teenager given life sentence 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Tillage is also a factor in soil erosion, especially on slopes, because each time the soil is lifted by a cultivator, it is moved a few centimetres down the slope. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the company uses data to know exactly how many of which products it needs at any one time, while automation allows it "to use every cubic centimetre of this warehouse," Mr Ruddy said. Why warehouses are Asia's new hot property 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Not far in - about an inch or a couple of centimetres - and the charcoal gives way to reddish bark. California's fires threaten to ravage mighty sequoia forests 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Spain's government predicts the sea will rise around 15 centimetres in the area by 2045 and up to 78 cm by 2081-2100, forecasting at least one beach could be gone by 2060. Capitulation? Spain's land buyout plan in shrinking Ebro Delta irks locals 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z At first the home was raised 30 centimetres off the ground on its stilt foundations. Russia's remote permafrost thaws, threatening homes and infrastructure 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The lower several centimetres of sand and silt probably formed over the duration of an hour. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A scaffolding pole prevents a second window from opening beyond a fraction of a centimetre. The Birmingham flats covered in plastic as cladding removed 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z It currently takes about three to four weeks to generate a cubic centimetre of cultured meat, so it's not ready for the grocer's aisle just yet. Japanese scientists work up an appetite for lab-grown Wagyu beef 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The recent matches have had almost everything: thrashings, nailbiters, respect, petulance, meltdowns, genius, mistakes, controversy, airborne penalties, 1.12 centimetres, the works. Liverpool v Man City: Premier League – live! 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z "He hit the bar twice against Bruges and against Lyon. Five centimetres below and he would have scored two amazing goals," French football expert Julien Laurens said on BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro Leagues podcast. Will Messi end PSG drought against Man City? 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The upper few centimetres of fine clay may have accumulated over a few hundred years. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They vary in size from a few centimetres to more than 6 metres. Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs shaped fortunes of snakes 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The hard-won erosion of a few centimetres, a handful of hundredths. Warholm evokes Bolt & Beamon on magic day 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z This “ploughing” behaviour commonly disturbs soil at a depth of about five to 15 centimetres, which is roughly the same depth as crop tilling by farmers. Wild Pigs Release as Much Carbon Emissions as 1 Million Cars 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z "We stood here quite dry and ten minutes later we were in ten centimetres of water," he said. Germany floods: 'My city looks like a battlefield' 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z When a glacier eventually melts, the lodgement till is exposed as a sheet of well-compacted sediment ranging from several centimetres to many metres in thickness. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The policeman, 28, sustained a 10 centimetres wound on his back and a punctured lung and underwent surgery, police said. Hong Kong policeman was stabbed in "lone wolf" attack- security chief 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, preparing for Tuesday's launch, a waiter armed with a tape measure is making sure the tablecloths drop down exactly the right number of centimetres. Renew tradition every day: Bottura's recipe for Ferrari's new restaurant 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Located between the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates, Iceland frequently experiences earthquakes as the plates slowly drift in opposite directions at a pace of around 2 centimetres each year. Quaking in their beds, sleepless Icelanders await volcanic eruption 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The corals varied in diameter, from just a few centimetres to the size of a dinner plate, and were healthy, despite a bleaching event that hit Heron Island in March. Coral IVF trial offers hope of renewal for Australia's Great Barrier Reef 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z It is not uncommon to see an intrusive igneous rock with crystals up to a centimetre long. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “His wife, sitting 25 centimetres away from him in the same car, was not injured.” Iran says 'smart satellite-controlled machine gun' killed top nuclear scientist 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z All its vehicles are several tens of centimetres longer than Volkswagen’s Golf car, the European reference in compact sedans. Tesla mulls expanding in Europe with compact vehicles: CEO 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z After a few more attempts, my feet do just about leave the ground by a few centimetres, but it’s probably mostly Ryan pulling on the other end. ‘We’re going to the skies and stars!’ The man building our jetpack future – in tribute to his Dad 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The SKA will investigate radio sources in the sky that radiate at centimetre to metre wavelengths - but it will achieve sensitivities that are far beyond the reach of current radio telescopes. Concern over satellite impact on giant telescope 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Creep, which normally only affects the upper several centimetres of loose material, is typically a type of very slow flow, but in some cases, sliding may take place. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Parker found a four centimetre tooth lodged in Slater’s board which he said was from “an obvious white pointer”. Gold Coast surfer killed by shark may have died before being helped to shore, witnesses say 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The maximum volume of levitating liquid studied was 0.5 litres, and the maximum width was 20 centimetres. Vibration overcomes gravity on a levitating fluid 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The Arab world has not set up a new telescope of more than 1 metre for more than 50 years — although smaller ones of 50 centimetres have recently been built. Let Arab space programmes create more space for Arab scientists and students 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Days spent in her bedroom hunched over a laptop, centimetres from where she slept, blurred into endless weeks. End of the office: the quiet, grinding loneliness of working from home 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Those were processes that took place at incredibly slow rates — millimetres per year to centimetres per year — but because of the amount of time available, they produced massive results. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The other is greater capacity to locate polyps smaller than one centimetre, which Sharma says are the ones most likely to be missed with standard colonoscopy. MiWEndo Solutions: using microwave technology to improve colonoscopies 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z They don't need to touch the skin, but do need to be within a few centimetres of it. Can you really spot the virus from an image like this? 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Every surface – every centimetre of floor, wall and ceiling space – is decorated. Hisham Matar on how the Black Death changed art forever 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z “He certainly pushes us to achieve one more centimetre higher or an extra turn. People often talk about British dancers being controlled or mannered and that’s something I personally don’t want to buy into.” One giant leap: meet the new generation of male ballet stars 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Flow velocities of several centimetres per day are possible in significantly permeable sediments with significant hydraulic gradients. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The capsule will line itself up with the bow of the space station and approach at a relative speed of just a few centimetres per second. Nasa SpaceX launch: What's the mission plan? 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z My partner and I have shaved our heads and committed to donating €8 per centimetre our hair grows to supporting the homeless. Locksdown: readers share their home haircut adventures 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The sachets, bottles, and cartons sold in these countries often end up either being burned or dumped – creating a pollution problem equivalent to covering 83 football pitches with plastic to 10 centimetres deep each day. Report reveals ‘massive plastic pollution footprint’ of drinks firms 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z The hatched tortoises, about 6 centimetres long, share a bedroom with Páez and Bock’s 19-year-old daughter, who is home from college. Cull, release or bring them home: Coronavirus crisis forces hard decisions for labs with animals 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z It is not uncommon for groundwater to flow at velocities of a few millimetres to a few centimetres per year. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z According to German news site Der Spiegel, the rails were five centimetres further apart than usual. German police arrest man over high-speed rail tampering 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z “Every centimetre of sea level rise leads to coastal flooding and coastal erosion, disrupting people’s lives around the planet,” said Prof Andrew Shepherd, of the University of Leeds. Polar ice caps melting six times faster than in 1990s 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Beneath a thin atmosphere made mostly of hydrogen and helium, the stellar remnants are thought to boast an outer crust just a centimetre or two thick that contains atomic nuclei and free-roaming electrons. The golden age of neutron-star physics has arrived 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Even if Indonesia doesn’t turn its peatlands back into a carbon sink, Joosten argues that re-wetting to 40 centimetres below the peat surface will reap big rewards from a climate perspective. How peat could protect the planet 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Curators from Belgium’s Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage used surgical scalpels and microscopes to remove old paint “centimetre by centimetre”, over three years, to reveal the original sheep. Lamb of (oh my) God: disbelief at 'alarmingly humanoid' restoration of Ghent altarpiece 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The bespoke detector - modified from the technology used to locate land mines - was designed to sense the iron down to a depth of a few tens of centimetres. UK meteorite hunt thwarted by equipment damage 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Each bottle had a few centimetres of gelatinous cereal at the bottom, and was stoppered with a wad of cotton. Tabula Rasa: Volume One 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Prof Andy Shepherd, of Leeds University, said: "The simple formula is that around the planet, six million people are brought into a flooding situation for every centimetre of sea-level rise." The big science and environment stories of 2019 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z OSIRIS-REx needs to manouevre down to an open, sandy region on the surface in order to avoid hitting any boulders or hoovering up chunks of rock bigger than 2 centimetres, which would clog its filters. NASA asteroid hunter chooses landing site on boulder-strewn space rock 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z These instruments can capture cellular and even subcellular processes across samples that can exceed one centimetre in size. The microscope makers putting ever-larger biological samples under the spotlight 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The object darts so fast that all the eye sees is a continuously evolving 3D image a few centimetres across, drawn in the air as if by a high-speed Etch a Sketch. Star Wars-style 3D images created from single speck of foam 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z These robots range in size from hundreds of micrometres to a few centimetres in diameter. Soft microbots programmed by nanomagnets 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Wales’s driving maul was held up and they spent 20 phases trying to batter their way over without making a centimetre. South Africa to face England in Rugby World Cup final after beating Wales 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until nine years later that a specialist preparing the fossil for study noticed something startling: embedded in the block were tiny teeth, and jawbones just 1 centimetre in length. How the earliest mammals thrived alongside dinosaurs 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The archaeologists also radiocarbon dated samples of timbers found just a few centimetres underwater. Loch's mysterious drop to '750-year low level' 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z If Kipchoge moves twelve centimetres to his right or left, he will be much less protected. Inside the Race to Break the Two-Hour Marathon 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But 15 centimetres is a big progression and only six men passed at the first opportunity. World Athletics Championships 2019: day five – live! 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z A year or so later, a stringy worm that is 60 to 90 centimetres erupts through the skin on the leg or foot. Exclusive: Battle to wipe out debilitating Guinea worm parasite hits 10 year delay 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z There was also heartbreak for Britain’s Holly Bradshaw as she finished fourth in the women’s pole vault despite a leap of 4.80m – one centimetre short of her outdoor personal best. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce confirms status with 100m world championship gold 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z That is about 10 centimetres more than the estimate included in the IPCC’s last comprehensive report on the global climate, which it released in 2013. World's oceans 'can't keep up' with pace of climate change 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z He pointed to a large tumor on the tail of the woman’s pancreas, a couple of centimetres from her spleen. Paging Dr. Robot 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z There are now well over an estimated million pieces of space debris larger than 1 centimetre in orbit around Earth. The greatest threat to life on Earth may come from space 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z The victim fled his attacker in a car, despite the spear still sticking out from his chest just centimetres from his heart. Sydney speargun attack: man makes 'incredible escape' after being shot in chest 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The food the puffins eat - sandeels, narrow silvery fish that grow to several centimetres long - are one of the main concerns for the researchers here. Is this still the best place to be a puffin? 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z These regions are some of the quietest, most remote ecosystems on the planet, where fine sediment rains down at a rate of about one centimetre every 1,000 years. Seabed mining is coming — bringing mineral riches and fears of epic extinctions 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Because his da Vinci-assisted incisions were so precise, he said, he was able to remove the tumor with only three hundred cubic centimetres of blood loss—about half a pint. Paging Dr. Robot 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Lübcke's death, she tweeted, should "bring us together but not frighten us. For those who threaten our open and free society it must be clear that we do not retreat one centimetre". German politician's murder raises spectre of far-right attacks 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z The little pygmy possum grows to seven grams in weight and has a head and body length of only 5-6.5 centimetres. 'Epic photo': huntsman spider eats pygmy possum in Australia 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Without due time to form, the “rocks” of the Anthropocene were little more than “two centimetres of unconsolidated organic matter”, as one geologist put it to me. The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z He told us the average number of hairs on a square centimetre of a reindeer’s back—seventeen hundred—and explained the logic behind the Kp index, a tool for predicting auroras. Chasing the Aurora Borealis 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The Steinbach “injektion system” consists of six connecting yellow tubes, each five metres long and perforated with nozzles at intervals of ten centimetres. The Wild Carnival at the Heart of Skiing’s Most Dangerous Race 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The instrument, which looked like a clunky blue plastic car phone from the eighties, complete with telescoping aerial, recorded a background level of around two thousand particles per centimetre cubed before the cooking began. The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The eastern pygmy can grow to between 15 grams and 43 grams in weight – which is less than a golf ball, with a body length of 7-11 centimetres. 'Epic photo': huntsman spider eats pygmy possum in Australia 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z “That’s a long way off. We can hardly vascularise a small piece of tissue that big” – her fingers are about a centimetre apart – “so a steak is a very far-fetched thing.” Have we hit ‘peak beef’? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z “It was tens of centimetres above the black line,” he says, adding that such a shallow depth has not been seen in records taken over the past century. Where Jesus once preached, the holy waters are draining away 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z The nozzles can shoot water thirty centimetres deep. The Wild Carnival at the Heart of Skiing’s Most Dangerous Race 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z These measurements have shown that the turtle, Speedy, is growing at a rate of one centimetre per year. Arctic hunters, see-through squid and star birth — January’s best science images 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The exposure process takes about two minutes for an object a few centimetres across; the team recreated a version of Auguste Rodin’s sculpture ‘The Thinker’ a few centimetres tall. Forget everything you know about 3D printing — the ‘replicator’ is here 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The tunnel led under the road towards the bank, a distance of about 45 metres, and it was approximately 60 centimetres wide. Florida sinkhole is tunnel leading to bank, says FBI 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Models and tests suggested that the sweeper would travel about fifteen centimetres per second faster than the plastic and collect 2.2 metric tons of trash a week. A Grand Plan to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Researchers used a hot-water drill to bore through a kilometre of ice, creating a portal with a diameter of just 60 centimetres.Credit: EXCLUSIVE: Tiny animal carcasses found in buried Antarctic lake 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z I watched the team creep across the vast desert plain, fifty centimetres at a time, scanning for mines in a bitter winter wind. Is One of Africa’s Oldest Conflicts Finally Nearing Its End? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Parts of Iran’s capital city, home to 13 million people, are subsiding by 25 centimetres each year. Daily briefing: They converse, use tools and get moody — but do bees have consciousness? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The city’s international airport — located southwest of Tehran — is sinking 5 centimetres annually. Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It successfully raised the island by ten centimetres after workers injected a cement compound ten metres underground. Venice anti-flood gates could wreck lagoon ecosystem 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Each epidermal electronic patch is just a few square centimetres and, when placed on the residual limb, allows users to control their robotic, prosthetic hands. Moving skin beyond the biological 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z It meant shrinking the waveguide from a few centimetres across to something as thin as a human hair, just 100 or so micrometres wide. Kuen Charles Kao (1933–2018) 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z A neutron star was fine: quantum mechanics could account for a creature wherein a few cubic centimetres of matter weighs one billion tonnes, and the nuclei of adjoining atoms abut one another. Black-hole chronicles: chasing the gravitational beast 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Made from palm-sized modules, these measure about 10 centimetres across and weigh only a kilogram or so. Explore space using swarms of tiny satellites 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The lander then descended to the asteroid in free fall, travelling at around 30 centimetres per second. Japanese rover lands on ancient asteroid for 16 hour-mission 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The US military tracks approximately 20,000 objects in orbit that measure at least 5 to 10 centimetres across. Stand back, Aquaman: Harpoon-throwing satellite takes aim at space junk 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z But hardest are "solid organs like hearts, lungs, and kidneys," with "so many more cells per centimetre". 'A new bladder made from my own cells gave me a normal life' 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The satellite is designed to track seasonal and annual changes in ice thickness to within half a centimetre — a resolution greater than any previous elevation-monitoring satellite. NASA probe will track melting polar ice in unprecedented detail 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z His face lights up when he holds up a tiny eyepiece that lets him count how many knots per square centimetre are in an individual rug. Money wars: how sanctions and tariffs became Trump’s big guns 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z The sweltering Iberian temperatures follow weeks of sustained heat across Europe, which saw Sweden's highest peak - a glacier - melting at a rate of several centimetres a day. Portugal battles blazes as Europe bakes 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Sweden's highest peak, a glacier on the Kebnekaise mountain, is melting at a rate of several centimetres a day. Warning as Europe's heat nears record 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The tiny creatures are barely a few centimetres in diameter, and were only discovered when a marine biologist investigated reports of bathers being stung in the waters off Tjörn. Jellyfish sting dozens on German beach 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Springy moss, purple and yellow saxifrage, and a type of buttercup stay within centimetres of the ground. Naked geology, dazzling light… my journey into the Arctic 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z “If Modric’s penalty had just gone a few centimetres further out,” one fan groaned as he went down the steps, listing off a series of other counterfactuals that could have given Russia the win. Blood, sweat and beers: Russia down but proud after World Cup exit 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Andrea Petroczi, a scientist at Kingston University in London, reckons football is “a lot less vulnerable than sports where performance is individually measured in centimetres, kilograms or seconds”. Is the World Cup really free from doping? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Those wanting to teach at nursery are able to apply for special accreditation if they are five centimetres shorter. Chinese woman told too short to teach 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z By Tuesday they were removing 10,000 litres of water an hour, lowering the water level by a centimetre every hour. Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave could take months, military warns 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z People who are saying it’s the moment the Republican party stood up to Donald Trump are measuring moral courage in centimetres.” How family separations caused Trump's first retreat – and deepened his bunker mentality 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z They also get presented with the Fifa World Cup trophy, which is just shy of 37 centimetres in height and weighs 6.1 kilograms. A beginner's guide to the World Cup 2018 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The initial tremor caused part of a geological fault to slide by less than 10 centimetres — but over the following year, the ground slowly crept by at least another 30 centimetres3. How San Francisco’s next big quake could play out 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Asked about ventilation, she points to a hole in one wall, which is about ten centimetres square. Household smoke may be the world’s deadliest environmental hazard 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The researchers found that glaciers are already committed to enough shrinkage to raise global sea levels by about 10 centimetres, even if global temperatures do not rise any further for centuries. Glacier shrinkage is past the point of no return 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z They found that a rise in global mean sea level of 10–20 centimetres — which is expected no later than 2050 — would more than double the frequency of extreme sea-level events in the tropics. Attack of the extreme floods 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z When the plants were between five and ten centimetres in height, they exposed each plot to one of seven different herbicide/safener combinations. Spraying herbicides changes the flavour and nutritional value of crops 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z They appear to grow extremely slowly—less than one centimetre per year—and are believed to not reach maturity until females are 4.5 metres long and males are three metres long. Caught on Camera: Ancient Greenland Sharks 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Heavy snowfall is affecting roads in parts of the UK after several centimetres fell in overnight. Warnings of disruption as snow continues 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Did you know that 93% of pigs killed for meat in the UK are factory-farmed, and 60% of sows reared here are kept in metal crates just centimetres bigger than their body? Offended by Koreans eating dog? I trust you’ve never had a bacon butty | Chas Newkey-Burden 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z From that and even older records they calculated that the sea level in Boston has risen, relative to the land level, by 28 centimetres since the 1820s. Attack of the extreme floods 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Why watch the Winter Olympics - surely just a collection of incomprehensible sports events that Britain - a country regularly destabilised by a few centimetres of snow - is no good at? Eight reasons you'll end up watching the Winter Olympics 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The high diffusivity of the fullerene combined with the extraordinarily long charge-recombination time yields diffusion lengths of more than 3.5 centimetres, orders of magnitude larger than expected for an organic system. Centimetre-scale electron diffusion in photoactive organic heterostructures 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Astronauts grow an average of between two and five centimetres in space. Growth spurt worries Japanese astronaut 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The vibrant red flame shells are not normally visible as they live a few centimetres into the sand. Wrecked reef 'biggest of its kind' 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z French scientists will collaborate with engineers at Cairo University to develop two types of camera-wielding explorer that can squeeze through a hole less than 3.5 centimetres wide: a tubular robot and a miniature airship. Arctic fishing, robot explorers and Chinese medicines Cocktail avocados are about five-to-eight centimetres long, with an edible skin and flesh which M&S describes as "smooth and creamy". Avocado injuries a thing of the past? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z With just a few square centimetres of space to work with, and with no words to help, it is the gag, rather than the art, that must do the heavy lifting of being funny. How the world changed around Sergio Aragones and Mad magazine 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z "Nine centimetres is a lot, but it is possible, knowing that every human body is different," Libby Jackson of the UK Space Agency told the BBC News website. Growth spurt worries Japanese astronaut 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z It is precise enough to trace the most efficient path to scoop up yellow, crinkly corn stalks to within a couple of centimetres. China imports a farm from Iowa 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z “We only scraped over the river bottom by centimetres this time,” says Drexlin. In search of the neutrino, ghost particle of the universe 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Foley and Theodoulou’s team also recovered an intriguing bronze disc or wheel, about eight centimetres across, attached to four metal arms with holes for pins. Antikythera shipwreck yields statue pieces and mystery bronze disc 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Another type of robot, a few centimetres square, crawls inside an engine on caterpillar tracks. Tiny robots will inspect and fix jet engines from the inside 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Protons with energies of around 50 MeV penetrate to a depth of a few centimetres; those at more than 200 MeV reach 30 cm. Three ways to make proton therapy affordable 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z The correction you report represents less than 1 centimetre of the total sea-level increase of 8 cm or more that has been observed since 1993. Sea-level rise: No chaos in the satellite-data record : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The tiny particles – measuring a few millionths to a few billionths of a centimetre – include molecules from preservatives and contaminants such as nickel, chromium, manganese and cobalt, researchers reported in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports. Tattoo ink contaminants can end up in lymph nodes, study finds 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z For a bomb it is many kilometres; for a speck of dust mere centimetres. Space dust kills satellites like tiny atom bombs 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Posters must be no larger than 120 centimetres by 240 centimetres and in landscape orientation. Shake up conferences 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Improving the accuracy and precision from centimetres to millimetres is necessary. Three ways to make proton therapy affordable 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Or to be more precise, 21 centimetres, which is the wavelength of radiation emitted when a hydrogen atom shifts from one specific energy state to another. Why antimatter might be the answer to life, the Universe and everything 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z As big ships sailed down the main canal, just a stone’s throw from the shore, my team recorded up to 500 ultra-fine particles per cubic centimetre – 500 times higher than clean sea air. Heading to Venice? Don’t forget your pollution mask | Axel Friedrich 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z If sea-level rise continues to accelerate at the current rate, Nerem says, the world’s oceans could rise by about 75 centimetres over the next century. Satellite snafu masked true sea-level rise for decades 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Children who got supplements grew 1 to 2 centimetres taller than those in a control group. How poverty affects the brain 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z After correcting for factors such as waves and tides, oceanographers can detect up or down movements of the sea floor to within about 1 centimetre. The fight to save thousands of lives with sea-floor sensors 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Commonly known as lab-on-a-chip technology, this allows you to reduce a complete clinical laboratory testing system to a device a few centimetres across. How Close Are We to a Real Star Trek-Style Medical Tricorder? 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Just a few centimetres thick, they are modern versions of the chapel ceiling at King’s. 3D printing and clever computers could revolutionise construction 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z With augmented reality, Google described a “visual positioning system” similar to GPS but with centimetre accuracy. Google's future is useful, creepy and everywhere: nine things learned at I/O 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z "The police did not drive, police were everywhere around the bus, the street was free. We did not move one centimetre," he added. Champions League: Borussia Dortmund bus delayed in Monaco 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z "There are about 100 species worldwide. In UK waters they tend to be about one to two centimetres in length. She added: "They play a really important ecological role in the marine food web. Video captures moment plastic enters food chain - BBC News 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Species come in a range of sizes: from hovering just a centimetre or two above the sea bed to towering several metres into the water column. Ocean meadows scrub seawater of harmful bacteria 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The tiny size of the fossils, he adds, is particularly remarkable, noting that previously discovered fossils of younger deuterostomes are often several centimetres in length. A huge mouth and no anus – this could be our earliest known ancestor 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z One, called CASPEr Wind, will use a cubic centimetre of liquid xenon. Searching for particles on a benchtop 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The rover will carry enough supplies to fill and seal at least 31 tubes, each roughly 14 centimetres long and 2 centimetres across. The $2.4-billion plan to steal a rock from Mars 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “We knew we would get some sedimentation in the estuary, but we were thinking centimetres,” she told me. New Life Along Washington State’s Elwha River 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Police aged the man at between 45 and 50 years when he died and said he was between 170 and 175 centimetres tall. Foreigner in diving suit found with throat cut and tied to post in sea, Thai police say 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Using this process, the Harvard team printed tissue one centimetre thick and kept it alive for more than six weeks. Technology: The promise of printing : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z These one-shot machines, about a centimetre across, are being increasingly used for things like analysing blood. How to empty the ketchup bottle every time 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Other techniques for printing PV devices have been demonstrated in the lab over areas of about 10 square centimetres. Print flexible solar cells 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z My box would be five centimetres wider, to match my shoulders. Günter Grass: ‘When the time comes, we will rest on leaves’ 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Qilinyu was about 20 centimetres long and looked like a catfish, with a flat pointy bit sticking out of its snout. Fish fossil upends scientists’ view of jaw evolution 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “But this house has been standing since the 19th century, and its walls are 60 centimetres thick. It’s absurd.” 'No bling in the hood ...' Does Berlin's anti-gentrification law really work? 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z PerúSAT-1 will collect visible light, and will deliver images in which the pixels are as small as 70 centimetres on one side — a bit larger than a standard chess board. Peru signals space ambitions with Earth-monitoring satellite 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The structures are tiny bumps, just 1–4 centimetres tall, whose shape and internal layering strongly resemble ancient and modern stromatolites, Van Kranendonk and his colleagues say. Claims of Earth's oldest fossils tantalize researchers 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z A squishy octopus-shaped machine less than 2 centimetres tall is making waves in the field of soft robotics. Beyond Terminator: squishy 'octobot' heralds new era of soft robotics 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Da Silva added 11 centimetres to his previous personal best to set a national record and become only the fourth Brazilian to win a track and field gold at a Games. Rio Olympics 2016: Thiago Braz da Silva wins Brazil's second gold medal of Games 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z We reached a broad clearing in which hundreds of bright-green beech seedlings were flourishing, each a few centimetres high, drawn by the ready light. The Secrets of the Wood Wide Web 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Projections suggest that melting from the island might swell sea levels by 30 centimetres by the end of this century. 180,000 forgotten photos reveal the future of Greenland’s ice 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z That corresponds to an information density of 78 terabits per square centimetre, which is hundreds of times better than the current state of the art for computer hard drives. Scientists pave the way for large-scale storage at the atomic level 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Torrential rain hit the region on Monday reaching 30 centimetres in some places. Passerby rescues child from fast-moving flood waters - BBC News 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z But the Italian news agency Ansa refuses to succumb to the hype, saying that while Mrs May has "a passion for shoes", these are "strictly with low heels, up to a maximum of five centimetres". European media's 'sigh of relief' over May premiership - BBC News 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Projections of increases in sea level for different emissions scenarios, for example, range from tens of centimetres to more than 10 metres over centuries to millennia3. Make climate-change assessments more relevant 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Robert Preston takes the grainy photo – just a few square centimetres and yellowing with age – from his wallet and with a careful thumb and forefinger holds it up to the light. The Glasgow effect: new study reveals causes of city's high mortality rates 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The chipsats, flat squares that measure just 3.2 centimetres to a side and weigh about 5 grams apiece, were designed for a PhD project. Tiny ‘chipsat’ spacecraft set for first flight 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z She's the type of scientist who cheerfully spends three seasons drilling 30 metres through Arctic turf, one painstaking centimetre at a time. Autobiography: A lab of one's own : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z HD maps, however, can include a so-called localisation layer that works with a variety of sensors to position a car within centimetres. The autonomous car’s reality check 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Two people working for the department that trapped the animal said it was remeasured at 7.5 metres, just 17 centimetres short of first place. Mystery over death of Malaysian python contending for title of world's longest snake 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z He said that if global warming was not halted, the rate of sea-level rise would change from millimetres per year to centimetres a year. Sea levels set to 'rise far more rapidly than expected' 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Ugen, however, was "ecstatic" as she held on to third place by four centimetres. World Indoor Championships: Ugen and Porter win bronzes 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z With suitable ingredients the machine is capable of printing structures several centimetres high, making possible some quite elaborate 3D designs. How 3D printing is shaking up high end dining - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z A silent villain less than a centimetre long is today the greatest whistleblower in Brazil. The Zika virus mosquito is unmasking Brazil’s inequality and indifference | Eliane Brum 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Tracks from the early Cambrian show that animals started to burrow several centimetres into the sediments beneath the mat, which provided access to previously untapped nutrients — as well as a refuge from predators. What sparked the Cambrian explosion? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Forensic scientists tested a strand of Asunta’s hair and discovered the presence of lorazepam along the first three centimetres. Why did two parents murder their adopted child? | Giles Tremlett 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Frank Davis, an environmental scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says that he plans to use NEON's airborne observations to study tree cover at various scales, from a few centimetres to several kilometres. Ecology’s $434,000,000 test 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z His left leg grew noticeably larger, gaining twelve centimetres in circumference in the first eighteen months. Can an Unorthodox Operation Cure Paraplegia? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Billions pass through each square centimetre of Earth every second, but barely any leave a trace. Nuclear rumours delay India’s bid for neutrino glory 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Until now, the best atomic interferometers could put the wave packets about 1 centimetre apart. Quantum leap 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Since hair grows at about a centimetre a month, they concluded that she had also been ingesting smaller doses of the drug for three months. Why did two parents murder their adopted child? | Giles Tremlett 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z With a pricetag of €400 million, it uses just two masses — each a 2-kilogram cube of gold and platinum — separated by a mere 38 centimetres, which allows them to fit inside the same spacecraft. Freefall space cubes are test for gravitational wave spotter 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Equally crucially, its images include information on altitude, accurate to within a few centimetres. Compare and contrast 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z A fourth project, dubbed RADIX, would use a much narrower hole than the others — just 2 centimetres across — to bore up to 3 kilometres in a few days. Super-fast Antarctic drills ready to hunt for oldest ice 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z They show quantum interference of atomic wave packets that are separated by 54 centimetres. Quantum leap 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Winds transport large quantities of dust from the region into the gulf, depositing about 32 centimetres of sediment every 1,000 years. Ocean sediments suggest dry future for Horn of Africa 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z There are more than 1,000 species of anemone, varying in size from a few centimetres to more than a metre across. The creature with the key to immortality? - BBC News 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The effect is not big — a little more than a centimetre of thickening each year. Gains in Antarctic ice might offset losses 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The colour indicates the predicted waves above sea level in centimetres. Chile earthquake: one million people evacuated after 8.3 magnitude quake – as it happened 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z US institutional guidelines often recommend 2 centimetres as a maximum size. Welfare breach prompts Nature to update policy on publishing animal experiments 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Google’s self-driving cars currently require highly detailed maps of the areas they’re operating in, with centimetre accuracy of road features like lanes, roundabouts and traffic lights. Google reveals plans to increase production of self-driving cars 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Neutrinos are more abundant than any particle other than photons, yet they interact so weakly with other matter that every second, more than 100 billion stream — mainly unnoticed — through every square centimetre of Earth. Age of the neutrino: Plans to decipher mysterious particle take shape 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z It is not measured in physical units, such as centimetres of precipitation or degrees of temperature. Environmental science: Agree on biodiversity metrics to track from space 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The colour indicates the predicted waves above sea level in centimetres. Chile earthquake: one million people evacuated after 8.3 magnitude quake – as it happened 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z World junior heptathlon champion Lake posted a winning mark five centimetres higher than that of nearest challenger Nawal Meniker of France to become the first British women to win the high jump. GB equal Euro Juniors gold record 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z What remained was a day of near misses: Daly was left with tap-ins for par after missing birdie putts by centimetres on the 1st, 5th, 14th and 15th. John Daly, novelty act or cult hero, still irresistible for the Open galleries | Bryan Armen Graham 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Pooley went five centimetres clear of that when setting a new GB outdoor record of 1.97m at the British Championships earlier this month, and had the chance to go for a milestone. A head for heights & raising the bar 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Such radiowaves would be produced by rocks of about a centimetre in size, suggesting this is a band of pebbles which will, sometime in the next few million years, coalesce into a planet. Astronomers spot the pebbles that turn into planets 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z It is only a few centimetres in length but is very well connected to other parts of the brain. Peeking into the brain's filing system - BBC News 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The brief acceleration pushed New Horizons’ velocity by just 27 centimetres per second, about a half mile per hour, to slightly adjust the arrival time and close approach target point on Pluto. New Horizons Gets Ready For Its Pluto Close-up 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z “We are some centimetres away from an agreement,” tweeted Pierre Moscovici, France’s European commissioner, adding there was an open door to further talks. Shares slide as deepening Greek crisis shakes finance world 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z But at 1.90m, just two centimetres short of the standard needed to make a home Games, she froze. A head for heights & raising the bar 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z It's different technology from GPS, because it works well indoors, is accurate to within centimetres and will only work for customers who opt in. Does your home need a thinking lightbulb? - BBC News 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z “In radio-frequency or microwaves, the wavelength's a few centimetres,” Fan says. Military technology: Laser weapons get real 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z A GPS service that pinpoints their location within centimetres might help change that. Apple Maps Looks Set For A Big Upgrade With Yet Another Mapping Acquisition 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The SKA will investigate light sources in the sky that radiate at centimetre to metre wavelengths - but it will achieve sensitivities that are far beyond the reach of current telescopes. UK to be giant telescope's HQ - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The advantage of studying organic characteristics is that they vary on the scale of centimetres or metres, whereas inorganic components may be broadly the same over kilometres. Forensic science: The soil sleuth 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Set on microchip-like devices, several of these organs can be connected by artificial circulatory systems to yield 'human-on-a-chip' devices that usually measure no more than a few centimetres in length. Artificial organs: Honey, I shrunk the lungs : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The scalpel slid about three centimetres into my shoulder before bright bursts of purple erupted before my eyes. Simon Clash: The Galaxy's greatest hero : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The service has the potential to provide GPS positioning data within “centimetres,” according to Iridium. Apple Maps Looks Set For A Big Upgrade With Yet Another Mapping Acquisition 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z He added that talks this week would be "a daily battle... every centimetre of ground must be won with effort". Greek reforms 'focus on tax evasion' 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Olympic champion Greg Rutherford set four indoor personal bests on his way to winning the men's long jump with a 2015 world leading 8.17m, one centimetre short of the national record. Johnson-Thompson in long jump record 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Michael Pohlod, a risk and regulatory analyst with TransCanada, points to their use in pipes with diameters larger than 60 centimetres. StatoilVoice: Can You Turn Your Home Into A Hydroelectric Plant? 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Only with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera, which has a pixel resolution of about 25 centimetres and came online in 2006, was there a decent chance of finding it with any certainty, he adds. British Mars lander find is bittersweet victory 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z BBC Weather presenter Nina Ridge said snow had been "really quite heavy" in some areas, with a "few more centimetres" still expected in parts of Yorkshire and the north-east Midlands. Snow falls amid weather warnings 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Each Kilobot was just a few centimetres wide and tall, moved by shuffling about on three spindly legs and communicated with its immediate neighbours using infrared light. 365 days: Nature's 10 The device looks like a small, clear plastic patch about half a centimetre across, which easily sits on the tip of your finger. Why 361 needles are better than one 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Before Philae shut down, the team instructed it to turn about 35 degrees and lift its body by 4 centimetres to bring the craft’s largest solar panel into the light. Philae’s 64 hours of comet science yield rich data 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z On a good day, a hungry dog could produce a thousand cubic centimetres, more than a quart. How Everyone Gets Pavlov Wrong 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z If you think of that distance as like going from New York to Perth, Australia, then the distance from Earth to the Moon would be about 7 centimetres. Q&A: Space-time visionary : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It found that each centimetre above the mean adds 1.5-2.2% to a woman’s salary, particularly among middle- and high-wage earners. The rise of China 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z They are known from fossils, only a few centimetres long, dug up in China, Estonia and the Orkney Islands in Scotland. First act of sexual intercourse ‘was done sideways, square-dance style’ 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Not to mention volumes - some operators measure in litres and some in cubic centimetres. The complex maths of parcel posting 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The spear, which is 2.1 metres long, 6 centimetres in diameter, and weighs 10.3 kilograms, is too big and heavy to have been a weapon; researchers believe it was probably part of a statue. Famed Antikythera wreck yields more treasures 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z His femoral artery, one of the largest arteries in the body, was visible, pulsing beneath barely a centimetre of tissue. A war within a war: The battles fought by Gaza's medics 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z "We will achieve centimetre resolution, getting us closer to understanding the origins of the Solar System and its building blocks 4.5 billion years ago." Rosetta comet landing site chosen 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z NFC allows transactions between devices equipped with a chip placed within centimetres of each other. Apple Pay Poses Dilemma For Telcos’ Mobile Wallets 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The woman, who was in her early 20s at the time, said she managed to open the door by a few centimetres and then heard a voice say: "Alright Dave." Woman 'desperate' to escape Travis 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The Qatari won with a leap of 2.43 meters, the best in the world this year and beating his own Asian record by a centimetre, before each man tried, but failed, to surpass 2.46. Gatlin wins sprint double to extend undefeated run 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Global Positioning System receivers on the ice above Bárðarbunga have lurched more than 20 centimetres to the west as magma has risen to fill the crust just below the surface. Icelandic volcano erupts 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Other nuclear reactions in the Sun also produce neutrinos, and 100 billion of the particles bombard each square centimetre of Earth every second. Long-sought neutrinos answer burning question about the Sun 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Huge container ships squeeze through the lock chambers with just centimetres to spare on either side. Panama's canal-inspired growth 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The night sky she saw was a computer graphics simulation shown on high resolution screens positioned centimetres from her eyes, giving the impression of being immersed in a night time world. Comfortably numb: how virtual reality can soothe nervous patients 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z "We will continue fighting because the fastest way to reach the end of this conflict is not to cede even a centimetre of our territory while we continue negotiations abroad," he said. Colombia president to be sworn in 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The organisation estimates that there were 15,414 of these operations performed worldwide so almost one in five of those seeking to add centimetres to their member were in Germany. Germany: the world's capital of penis enlargement 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Every year, these plates slide past each other by about 2.5 centimetres, building up pressure. Project drills deep into coming quake 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Bolt two centimetres bigger – and both combine a loping stride that allows them to eat up the track, with a zen-like relaxation which means they do not tighten up while others’ legs go wobbly. Commonwealth Games: Adam Gemili wins 100m silver behind Bailey-Cole 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Each of the rover’s six wheels is machined from a single piece of aluminium, and measures 40 centimetres across and weighs just 3 kilograms. Mars rover facing harshest journey yet : Nature News Blog 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z On previous expeditions in the Kermadec and Japan trenches, individuals brought up in deep sea traps have measured as long as 28 centimetres, almost one foot. Pushing frontiers of deep sea exploration 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Named Lyrarapax unguispinus, the three fossils reveal creatures that — at 8 centimetres long — are on the small side for anomalocaridids, some of which are thought to have been as long as 2 to 3 metres. Ancient fossils sport modern brains 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z And because space is at a premium on submarines, the researchers also want to make the device smaller; their current model is 50 centimetres wide. Quantum-hub finalists picked 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The line "One centimetre from glory" adds to the tattoo's hair-shirt quality. 10 World Cup stars' tattoos decoded 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The basic cubesat concept is a cube ten by ten by ten centimetres. Scottish satellite ready to launch 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z At its lowest point, the pressure reaches one tonne per square centimetre and the temperature drops to one degree C. Pushing frontiers of deep sea exploration 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z They both may be 169 centimetres tall but the similarities probably end there. Xherdan Shaqiri takes on Argentina for Switzerland (and Kosovo) 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Billions a second stream through every cubic centimetre of space. The ghosts and the machine 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z "We create a model within a centimetre accuracy of all of the components of power transmission - poles, pylons, isolators," Mr Heinonen says. Laser drones map Finland's forests 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z They were able to hold a metal plate a few centimetres above the rabbit's chest and use it to regulate the animal's heartbeat. Wireless pacemaker placed in rabbit 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z It's often been reported that 50m swimming pools at Crystal Palace in London and Leeds were made a few centimetres too short - sometimes, it's said, because the designers forgot about the thickness of the tiles. 10 big miscalculations 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z "Do we really need to take birds out, or can we find other solutions? Surely we can go the extra few centimetres to look after our bird life?" Call for killing of birds deemed health hazard splits conservationists 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z They are shrimp-like animals typically around 1 millimetre in length, but their sperm cells are disproportionately long — up to 1 centimetre. Giant sperm found in crustacean fossils 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z A hole of about 1 centimetre in diameter filled in 20 minutes, and it took about three hours for the gel to solidify into hard plastic. Plastic material imitates veins to heal itself 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z The new hole, just a few centimetres to the side, is noticeably deeper. Mars rover drills for rock sample 2014-05-06T16:59:47Z That only adds to bigger problems in the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, which is sinking so rapidly that the local, relative sea level may be rising by up to 2 centimetres each year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z "Each mark indicates the utility position. Numbers adjacent to the lines indicate depth to the top of the utility in centimetres." Your pavement squiggles 'decoded' 2014-04-04T00:11:08Z Andrea passes me a rectangular lump of dark grey metal a few centimetres long. Neither rare, nor earths 2014-03-23T00:40:26Z Amid a mounting international crisis and a tense stand-off between armed men on the ground, Ukraine's new government pledged not to cede a "single centimetre" of Ukraine's land to Russia. Crimea profile 2014-03-11T09:18:56Z Drilling constraints might limit these boreholes to less than 50 centimetres in diameter, so spent fuel rods, currently stored in large canisters, would need to be repackaged. US seeks waste-research revival 2014-03-05T18:50:28.638Z Further back in time, mammals were, with a few exceptions, tiny creatures, a few centimetres long and weighing less than a kilogram. Giant Rats To Inherit The Earth 2014-02-04T17:02:00Z Only a few thousandths of a gram of nanoparticles are needed per square centimetre of screen, meaning the technology is also relatively cheap. Stick-on screens offer new horizons 2014-01-21T18:12:56Z Organics could very well survive in such places just a few centimetres below the surface. Mars lake 'much like early Earth' 2013-12-09T17:01:18Z Death was caused by a single blow on the left side of the neck which penetrated between eight and 10 centimetres. Father killed son in drunken row 2013-10-25T13:56:50Z These capsules are 52–56 centimetres long and up to 9 centimetres in diameter, and they contain 38% of Hanford’s radioactivity. US seeks waste-research revival 2014-03-05T18:50:28.638Z By contrast, the visual regions identified in mouse brains are “tiny little patches of cortex”, says Movshon; they extend for micrometres and millimetres, rather than centimetres. Neuroscience: Through the eyes of a mouse 2013-10-09T17:20:26.103Z Pte Houston's citation described how he and his colleague were exposed to more than 50 bullets which passed within centimetres of them. Scots soldiers given bravery awards 2013-10-03T23:03:35Z A cubic centimetre of air typically contains thousands of suspended liquid or solid particles. Climate science: Clouds of (slightly less) unknowing 2013-10-02T18:02:57Z Direct comparisons are difficult because the latest report uses different time frames and emission scenarios, but the leaked draft puts the range of estimates between 28 and 97 centimetres of rise by 2100. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z Readings taken in April/May this year and October/November last year revealed a near-100-fold jump in the number of protons occupying every cubic centimetre of space. Voyager probe 'leaves Solar System' 2013-09-12T18:00:21Z Team Sky's Uran attempted to overpower his rival but the Frenchman won by centimetres. Frenchman Takes Vuelta Stage 2013-09-09T17:51:28Z Before his latest injury, Rutherford produced a leap of 8.22m, which was only nine centimetres down on his gold medal-winning jump last year. The lowdown on Team GB's stars in Moscow 2013-08-08T14:50:22Z In the microwave and radio regions of the spectrum, this is relatively easy: wavelengths are measured in centimetres to metres. Exotic optics: Metamaterial world 2013-08-07T17:50:26.790Z That was because water levels in some parts of Alaska are dropping — by up to 3 centimetres per year. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z Three weeks later, there are more than a million stem cells which are put into smaller dishes where they coalesce into small strips of muscle about a centimetre long and a few millimetres thick. Lab-grown burger to be unveiled 2013-08-04T23:44:00Z David Campbell says: "The lion's mane jellyfish was 30 to 40 centimetres across." UK jellyfish boom: Your pictures 2013-07-30T13:58:55Z "Half a centimetre doesn't sound a lot but in our estimates that increase in growth equates to a reduction in stunting of about 15%, which is quite important." Clean water and soap 'boost growth' 2013-08-01T00:14:46Z Some were as big as a few centimetres across — remember, built by entirely unicellular amoebae! A note on paleo-protistology in Chicago 2013-07-20T20:15:03.207Z Canada's Hudson Bay, for example, was once buried under more than 3 kilometres of ice, and the release from that load is now causing the land to rise at about 1 centimetre per year. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z Smith jumped a personal best of 2.26m to win bronze in the men's high jump, two centimetres short of the winning height of 2.28m. Johnson-Thompson wins Euro U23 gold 2013-07-14T22:48:59Z The fetus — female, 20 centimetres long and wrapped in a sterile green cloth — was delivered to the Karolinska Institute in northwest Stockholm. Medical research: Cell division 2013-06-26T17:20:24.203Z The Crew’s open world is said to cover 5,000sq km of the US, and every centimetre looks gorgeous. The Crew – preview 2013-06-11T06:53:41Z This guy was about a centimetre in diameter. A note on paleo-protistology in Chicago 2013-07-20T20:15:03.207Z Compaction of river sediments and hollowing out of the earth by groundwater extraction, for example, are causing parts of China's Yellow River delta to sink at up to 25 centimetres per year. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z We're always talking about tens of centimetres, maybe a metre tops. 'Best estimate' of melting ice caps 2013-05-14T17:00:17Z "We're always talking about tens of centimetres, maybe a metre tops, none of the experiments are suggesting 2,3,4 metres and that's different to the literature that existed before Ice2sea." 'Best estimate' of melting ice caps 2013-05-14T17:00:17Z "We find them by sieving the sediments in a very long process that goes through every centimetre of core." Volcano catastrophe idea 'dismissed' 2013-04-30T13:53:32Z Scientists say earthquakes in south-eastern Iran are triggered by the clash between the Arabia and Eurasia tectonic plates, the former of which is pushing north at a rate of several centimetres each year. Pakistan troops help quake rescue 2013-04-17T12:27:24Z Projections of sea-level rise far into the future jump from tens of centimetres to tens of metres. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z She found tens of thousands of organisms on the structure in layers up to 15 centimetres thick, including brown algae, pink barnacles and shrimp-like creatures called caprellids. Tsunami triggers invasion concerns 2013-03-06T18:20:22.950Z The bullet missed her head by five centimetres. Neighbours at war in Lebanon's divided city of Tripoli 2013-02-06T00:40:39Z Drilling a few centimetres inside a rock provides a fresh sample that is free from the alteration that can occur at the surface as a result of weathering or radiation damage. Mars rover hammers down into rock 2013-02-03T11:05:40Z Snow is expected to fall in Scotland, northern, eastern, central and south eastern parts of England, with several centimetres possible in many areas. Freezing weather forecast for weekend 2013-01-12T16:12:26Z Panel members concluded that they expect to see 30–60 centimetres of rise by 2050. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z But bearing in mind most of us don't watch TV with our face centimetres away from our flatscreen, why bother? The future of TV sets revealed 2013-01-10T00:20:35Z At present, the power density of microfluidic redox-flow cells is less than 1 watt per square centimetre at 1 volt — two or three orders of magnitude too low to drive today's microprocessors. Computer engineering: Feeling the heat 2012-12-12T18:21:26.047Z A centimetre either side and Rio loses an eye, it's so dangerous. Ferdinand backed over coin row 2012-12-11T20:51:23Z The top one or two centimetres of lake deposits are enriched in nitrogen compounds. Leaving our mark: Fossils of the future 2012-11-03T00:34:29Z The result was a series of neatly aligned nanotube devices, already wired up within the pattern, at a density of a billion per square centimetre. Huge boost for nanotubes on chips 2012-10-29T09:31:21Z Thin strands of hair topped by a "polymer" – a covered metal ring – are wrapped around tiny clumps of her hair in neat rows, a centimetre or so from her scalp. The hair trade's dirty secret 2012-10-28T20:00:01Z Finding a true Earth twin, circling a Sun-like star at a distance similar to Earth’s orbital radius around the Sun, would require another leap in sensitivity, to motions of just 9 centimetres per second. The exoplanet next door 2012-10-17T17:20:46.907Z These mountains typically get more than 40 centimetres of rain a year, a healthy amount in the generally dry US southwest and enough — in theory — to regrow a forest. Forest fires: Burn out 2012-09-19T17:21:21.097Z As the 'balloon' of magma grew it raised the surface of the island by between 8-14 centimetres, the equivalent of around 15 years growth in just over one year. Molten rock 'balloon' raises island 2012-09-10T17:17:52Z Even if it contained 1,000 base pairs per square centimetre, the printout would stretch 16 metres high and at least 30 kilometres long. ENCODE: The human encyclopaedia 2012-09-05T17:20:34.310Z Mr Santos said military operations would continue and that "each centimetre of the country would have a military presence". Colombia pursues talks with Farc 2012-08-28T12:37:25Z And only amateurism by the bombers prevented the attack at Monterrey Tec from having more tragic consequences: the police say that only about 8 centimetres of the dynamite in the pipe detonated. Nanotechnology: Armed resistance 2012-08-29T17:50:35.900Z Britain's Shara Proctor was fourth in the women's long jump with a best effort of 6.68m, one centimetre off the top three. Christine Ohuruogu finishes third in 400m at Stockholm Diamond League 2012-08-17T22:42:41Z A thousandth of a second equates to a single centimetre, yet track lanes have been known to differ in length by twice as much. Olympics: are the fastest and strongest reaching their mathematical limits? 2012-08-11T23:05:30Z NFC-enabled devices work by customers simply holding them within a few centimetres of a receiver that will automatically debit the required amount. Starbucks backs Square in shops 2012-08-08T12:10:06Z However, wearing heavy strapping on the shoulder she injured in Rome in May, the 39-year-old rarely looked likely to finish in a medal position, managing only three centimetres further than she jumped in qualifying. Aldama misses out in triple jump 2012-08-05T20:40:31Z Less than a centimetre in diameter, it was made by printing a pattern of protein onto a silicone base. A synthetic jellyfish that swims 2012-07-26T15:11:14Z If they click in the thumbstick, however, the player's character will hover a few centimetres above the ground. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dawnguard DLC – review 2012-07-10T13:39:53Z "The contact was only centimetres from my eye." Emmanuel Adebayor close to signing permanent deal at Tottenham Hotspur 2012-07-09T22:47:27Z He was to need every centimetre of his booming upper body to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals from Munich in 1972 and claim the eight golds. 50 stunning Olympic moments No 42: Michael Phelps goes big in Beijing 2012-06-25T12:55:26Z Corals are worm-like creatures of around a centimetre length which live in colonies numbering millions. Seagrass could help coral reefs 2012-06-23T14:01:01Z Photograph: Liz McBurney for the Guardian Currently, this technology can produce small strips of muscle, a couple of centimetres long and a few millimetres thick. Fake meat: is science fiction on the verge of becoming fact? 2012-06-22T21:59:00Z Yet she forced herself to override her instincts and relaxed her shoulders to utilise her arms to greater effect and centimetre by centimetre she edged in front. Kelly Holmes doubles up in Athens 2012-05-29T08:12:04Z Its targets will be radio sources in the sky that radiate at centimetre to metre wavelengths. Nations to share giant telescope 2012-05-25T14:30:22Z Its targets will be light sources in the sky that radiate at centimetre to metre wavelengths. Decision due on giant telescope 2012-05-25T01:47:58Z This new species of parasitic wasp hovers just one centimetre above the ground and was discovered in Spain. Pictures: Strange new species of animals 2012-05-23T16:34:11Z The West German, who had already been crowned Olympic long jump champion, leapt 6.83m to land within a single centimetre of her then world record. 50 stunning Olympic moments No32: Mary Peters wins gold in 1972 2012-05-22T08:00:01Z To try to stop the cancer spreading, 10 centimetres of nerve was removed - causing permanent disability below the right knee. Boy battled cancer twice in year 2012-05-13T00:39:25Z The volume of unit mass of ice is approximately 1.0920 times that of unit mass of water, so that the diminution of volume 137 is 0.092 a cubic centimetre for each gramme of ice melted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z We can obtain a clear idea of the work done here by letting a kilogramme-weight fall 22 centimetres. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The species holds the record as the largest millipede and is 16 centimetres long. Pictures: Strange new species of animals 2012-05-23T16:34:11Z That would mean running 10 metres, 63 centimetres every second! Usain Bolt wants to smash records 2012-04-18T12:56:45Z The muons in question drizzle down from the atmosphere at the rate of only one per square centimetre a minute. Cosmic-ray tomography: Musing on muons 2012-04-04T15:00:00Z The coil consists of two spools of hard rubber R R, held apart at a distance of 10 centimetres by bolts C and nuts n, likewise of hard rubber. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Vertically beneath a small sphere suspended from the equilibrated beam of a balance a second sphere is placed at a distance of a centimetre. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z There are several monsters of 42 centimetre calibre on their way. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z For more demanding electronics, however, researchers need much purer graphene in large sheets — millimetres or centimetres in diameter. Production: Beyond sticky tape 2012-03-14T22:50:43.050Z But when the tsunami washed ashore, it was only about 15 centimetres high. Tsunami forecasting: The next wave 2012-03-07T18:20:30.250Z They are supported on insulating cords at a distance of about thirty centimetres. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z For a distance between the knobs of one centimetre on this machine the difference of potential is 110. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z But on this sunny February morning, he and a dozen volunteers have joined local farmers in removing the top few centimetres of radioactive soil from rice fields. Nuclear crisis: Fukushima's legacy of fear 2012-03-07T18:20:26.903Z A bisischial diameter at the outlet of the parturient canal of 7 centimetres or less is an indication for section; so are certain tumours that block the delivery of the child. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z The JMA may also have caused confusion when it released the initial wave amplitude from a coastal tide gauge, which was 20 centimetres. Tsunami forecasting: The next wave 2012-03-07T18:20:30.250Z The free ends of the secondary are lifted out of the coil and placed parallel to each other at a distance of about ten centimetres. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z At just 54 centimetres wide and 13 feet tall it took an average of 15 minutes to haul each man to safety through the narrow tunnel in the ground. Chilean miners pod goes on show 2012-03-02T06:40:21Z And he found a boxed medal which is about five centimetres in diameter embossed with a Greek chariot. Following in the family footsteps 2012-02-24T12:07:29Z Normally the average female pelvis, at its narrowest diameter, is 11 centimetres wide. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Engineers have recommended at least one stand should be demolished - they are still working out how best to repair other seating stands which dropped several centimetres in the quake. Christchurch to mark deadly quake 2012-02-21T17:41:54Z Perhaps more importantly from her point of view, it matched her best jump from 2011, and was five centimetres beyond the mark she recorded when she lost to Chernova in South Korea. Jessica Ennis's revenge bid over rival lifts off at Indoor UK Trials 2012-02-11T18:09:55Z "The Germans are using guns twenty-one centimetres in length, which can be fired from railway lines and transported with facility." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z A calmer Owens went back, took off a foot and a half behind the line, and scraped into the final by a centimetre. The Joy of Six: Sportsmanship 2012-02-10T11:58:33Z If the woman's narrow pelvis has a conjugata vera of five or more centimetres, craniotomy, if properly done, is not dangerous to the mother. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z On the lips of the whale were found impressions several centimetres wide which corresponded exactly to the toothed suckers of the largest cuttle-fish arms obtained from its stomach. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z These groups inhabit cages with 485 square centimetres of floor space, which would often not be enough under the new rules. Researchers Protest Minimum Cage Sizes for Breeding Lab Rats 2012-01-19T23:45:03.777Z The modern unit of capacity in the electro-static system is that of a sphere of one centimetre radius, and the capacity of any sphere is numerically equal to its radius expressed in centimetres. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z By other appliances we can, however, obtain oscillatory sparks having a voltage of 100,000 or 200,000 volts, and so obtain what Hertz called "active sparks" five or six centimetres in length. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z The amount of magnetism passing through every square centimetre of a field of unit density. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z British fourpenny bright orange, Edward issue—has fifteen holes per 2 centimetres along the top and bottom edges, and fourteen holes along either side. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z The animals and their litters currently inhabit cages with 900 square centimetres of floor space, rather than the 1,250 square centimetres that he thinks are needed under the guidelines. Researchers Protest Minimum Cage Sizes for Breeding Lab Rats 2012-01-19T23:45:03.777Z In the skeleton of a bear in the anatomical museum of the École des Beaux-Arts, the humerus is 33 centimetres in length, and the radius 30 centimetres. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The number 3�1010 is the value in centimetres per second of the velocity of the electromagnetic wave, and is identical with that of light. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z The specific gravity of nitre is 2.2 : 200 grams will therefore occupy about 100 cubic centimetres volume. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z And if then we reckon how many minutes it takes to accumulate a cubic centimetre of helium we can easily reckon how many atoms go to the cubic centimetre. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z An incision, eight centimetres in length, was made between the ribs in the right side. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z On the skeleton of the horse in the École des Beaux-Arts, the distance which separates the tuberosities of the ischia is 225 millimetres; that between the two spines of each iliac bone is 25 centimetres. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The electric force, reckoned in volts per centimetre, required to pierce a thickness of air from two to ten millimetres in thickness, at atmospheric pressure, may be taken at 30,000 volts per centimetre. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z On 31 August, some 15 specialists started removing the top centimetre of soil at the farms with a scoop or with suction machines, trying not to damage the peach trees' roots. Fukushima impact is still hazy 2011-09-07T17:20:18.047Z The quantity of gold dissolved in sea-water is so small that in 200 cubic centimetres it is impossible to detect it, even by the most delicate tests known. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z Scientists reckon species are moving away from the Earth's equator at a rate of about 20 centimetres per hour. Species moving towards poles 2011-08-19T05:31:35Z The anterior part, from the superior border to the inferior, is called the pince or toe for a width of 4 to 5 centimetres. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The same force in electrostatic units is represented by the number 100, since a gradient of 300 volts per centimetre corresponds to a force of one electrostatic unit. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z Tamgho jumped 17.92m in the second round, an improvement of one centimetre on the previous mark he set in February, and then equalled it for good measure in the fourth. Broken ankle puts Teddy Tamgho out of World Athletics Championships 2011-07-19T20:03:28Z The result of the experiment showed that there are in a cubic centimetre of helium a number of atoms represented by 256 followed by seventeen noughts. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z Japan's petite musketeers, at an average height of 1.62m, seven centimetres shorter than the muscular Americans, unfurled a banner after being showered in confetti. Frilly pink flower power lifts disaster-hit Japan 2011-07-18T02:59:33Z This difference varies from 5 to 10 centimetres. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z In this particular practical application, however, we are only concerned with spark lengths which are measured in millimetres or centimetres, lying, say, between one or two millimetres and five or six centimetres. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z They do this by monitoring the sounds of animals on the reef, most of which are predators to something just a centimetre in length. Acidic oceans have bad effect on clownfish hearing 2011-05-31T23:47:43Z A cubic centimetre is about the size of a boy's marble. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z He was few centimetres short of the take-off board and was technically not that great according to BBC commentator Stuart Storey - let's hope for a bit more then. Live - Diamond League athletics 2011-05-26T17:28:46Z Thus, in the skeleton of the horse which we have in the museum of the École des Beaux-Arts, the index is 113—length of humerus, 29 centimetres; length of radius, 33 centimetres. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z If this condenser is charged to 20,000 volts, we have stored up in it half a joule of electric energy, and the volume of the dielectric is 270 cubic centimetres. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z They had all of them tails forty centimetres long, and from two to three in diameter. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z The waggons do not come; food is scanty and the shells of seven centimetres, our best pieces, will soon fail us. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Not only does this mean they are mere centimetres under the ground - but whenever repairs are done to utilities, the workmen have to get past the fibre optic wires first, meaning inevitable incidences of cuts. Anti-social network 2011-04-21T23:01:43Z In other skeletons which we have measured we found: in one, 108—humerus, 34 centimetres; radius, 37 centimetres; in another, 116—humerus, 25 centimetres; radius, 29 centimetres. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z They are currently half a centimetre in length – the same size as kidneys found in an unborn baby. Human Kidneys Successfully Created From Stem Cells 2011-04-14T18:50:41Z The latter is that force which, acting on the mass of one gramme for one second, generates in that mass a velocity of one centimetre per second. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z At two o'clock we receive ten waggons of shells of seven centimetres. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z In accordance with this relationship, unit charge is defined as that charge which repels an equal and similar charge placed at a distance of 1 centimetre in air, with a force of 1 dyne. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z External to the toe, and on each side of it, for a distance of 3 or 4 centimetres, is the nipple. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z In fresh country cream 100 millions per cubic centimetre are not unusual. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z This consists of a glass box about a centimetre in thickness. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The fort of Issy contained on an average 600 men and 50 pieces of 7 and 12 centimetres, of which two-thirds were inactive. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z They amounted to no more than a forward taking the ball a few centimetres and going to ground, with no thought of an offload. Northampton 39-3 Wasps 2011-03-27T17:35:14Z In both cases it is immaterial what units are represented by the graduations—whether cubic centimetres, quarter ounces, half-ounces, or ounces, as long as the unit is not too large. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z The tiny shoots are no more than a few centimetres long, but half of them are already shrivelled and drying. Parched crops 2011-03-01T10:24:13Z George Mudie said Leeds city came "within a centimetre" of being inundated in 2000 and the city "cannot be allowed to be knocked out" by flooding. The Full story: PM's Questions 2011-02-09T14:25:42Z The unit of work is that which is required to overcome a resistance of a dyne over a centimetre, and is called an Erg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z These vast slabs of the Earth's surface are grinding past each other at a rate of centimetres per year. 'Risks remain' after Chile quake 2011-01-31T17:27:56Z Our enemy was armed with two large guns, fifteen centimetres or over, but had no speed, a discovery which raised my hopes again. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z Hence his measurements are all directly comparable with modern electrostatic measurements in which the unit of capacity is that of a sphere 1 centimetre in radius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z At the flick of a switch, the 17 red knobs send infrared light 2 to 3 centimetres into my brain, where it is absorbed or scattered by neurons. Psychiatric science: Thought experiment 2011-01-19T16:52:48.510Z Hence the potential at the surface of the sphere, and therefore the potential of the sphere, is Q/R, where R is the radius of the sphere in centimetres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Echiuroids are animals of moderate size, varying roughly from one to six or seven centimetres in length, exclusive of the proboscis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z There were five centimetres of water on the battery boards, and I understood at once that we could never dive again. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z Observation of θ with measurement of the value of l and r reckoned in centimetres and W in grammes gives us the potential difference of the balls in absolute C.G.S. or electrostatic units. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z In November all silk goods had been requisitioned, even ribbons above ten centimetres' breadth. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z This weekend they got four against Osasuna – including Cani's astonishing goal from barely a handful of centimetres inside the opposition half. Espanyol indebted to Mauricio Pochettino as kids show their worth 2011-01-17T16:50:38Z It was quite a complex project, but the file is barely a centimetre thick and correspondence with the ethics committee and a copy of the protocol amount only to 25 A4 pages. Report: Complex and Burdensome' Rules Thwart U.K. Medical Research 2011-01-11T00:01:00Z He reached across and handed me a glass ball about a centimetre across. The last laboratory 2011-01-05T18:20:48.257Z The mass of the electron or corpuscle is 7.0 � 10−28 gramme and its diameter is 3 � 10−13 centimetre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z At Vaux they had not left twenty centimetres of a certain garden unexplored. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The run-up to New Year saw thousands of passengers stranded at Russian airports The UK's pre-Christmas travel chaos after a few centimetres of snow amused many Russians, who face much harsher winters with bravado. Sleepless in Moscow 2011-01-01T15:53:08Z There must not be more than 500 particles per cubic centimetre of air, or all the particles will not form nuclei, and will not therefore be thrown down as cloud particles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z We never got above 2C over the last 36 hours so it's encouraging to see seven centimetres of snow disappear. McCoy to ride Kauto Star in King George 2010-12-22T20:21:04Z The diameter of a chemical atom is of the order of 10−7 centimetre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z We have over a centimetre of snow on the track and cannot lift the covers, which are frozen and would just rip if we tried to get them off. Talking Horses: Win William Hill tickets to the King George VI Chase 2010-12-17T12:04:37Z Photograph: Martin Lee / Rex Features 83 Seen from above, a chocolate circle 54mm in diameter, covering an area of approximately 8.5 square centimetres. Pass notes No 2,853: Jaffa Cakes 2010-09-27T19:00:00Z For example, a sea rise of 50 centimetres would forcibly displace over two million people from the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, the report said. Slum Dwellers Most Vulnerable to Disasters - Red Cross 2010-09-21T08:50:00Z "I'm just seven hundredths of a second away, just a few centimetres," he said. European hangover affects British stars 2010-08-14T22:21:00Z Chris Tomlinson won bronze in the long jump, where he was denied silver by just one centimetre in the final round. Great Britain team sets record haul 2010-08-01T20:30:00Z With a personal best of 2.08, she is within a centimetre of the 23‑year‑old mark. Blanka Vlasic mixes mischief with medals as she aims for clean sweep 2010-08-01T06:01:00Z They are 80 centimetres which will forever be part of the black history of the World Cup. World Cup 2010: David Cameron backs calls for video technology 2010-06-28T09:25:00Z Last Wednesday my colleagues and I encountered several square kilometres of oil about a centimetre thick; it was 12 miles off the Mississippi delta and more than 50 miles from the leaking well. BP's behaviour in the Gulf is appalling. But our thirst for oil is the real issue 2010-05-29T23:16:00Z Standing 130 centimetres high, it had feet shaped like dragons that spat out pearls at regular intervals. Going Dutch 2010-03-17T13:16:00Z Just off its coast is the Nazca plate, which rests below the south-eastern Pacific Ocean and slides beneath the South American tectonic plate by some 9 centimetres a year. Destruction in Chile 2010-02-28T06:11:00Z Despite the disruption Vlasic, 26, went on to defend her World Indoor title, although her winning jump of 2.0m, short of her best by eight centimetres, left some critics unimpressed. Blanka Vlasic mixes mischief with medals as she aims for clean sweep 2010-08-01T06:01:00Z That is the weight of three small cars pressing on an area only a centimetre or so square. 2010-01-14T10:45:00Z The metre and the kilometre, for instance, or the metre and the millimetre, are not directly comparable; but the metre can be conceived as containing 100 centimetres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The length of these divisions varies from a few millimetres to several centimetres, and they even reach up to the centre of the parietal bone. A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal |
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