| 单词 | millimetre |
| 例句 | 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 Judging by the sound, these stones might be ten to fifteen millimetres wide. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And it is the essential part that really concerns us here, not the bit about how many millimetres it might shave off your thighs. Let's get physical: how women's sport can conquer body image 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Later, she carved a Tony Award on a windowsill; it measured just nine millimetres tall and four millimetres wide. A Thousand Cuts 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Despite the appearance of microscopic accuracy, the system at the time still assumed a margin of error of about 3.6 millimetres. What If We Had Perfect Robot Referees? 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The small, coloured mat aims to stimulate relevant pressure points by prodding every millimetre of one’s back with the 8,820 plastic points of its cleats. Can a bed of nails really relieve stress and insomnia - or just make me squeal? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Their hard brown forms are projected on to a computer screen, and some nifty software allows Hall to drag a red line along their bodies and measure them to within a thousandth of a millimetre. Lords of the flies: the insect detectives 2010-09-23T07:00:00Z Every surface has a sickly sheen of anxiety; every face is a mask of pain suppressed to the last millimetre. Cannes 2014 review: Maps to the Stars - Hollywood dreams turn queasy in David Cronenberg's brilliant nightmare 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z I then suspected I was a mere millimetre away from everyone else in the group, and that my slightest movement would send the six-year-old near me flying across the square. Thank you to … the Amsterdam cafe staff who nursed me through a weed-related crisis 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z It's 38 and a bit millimetres, which is larger than the standard 35mm, and it wouldn't work on any of the 35mm machines. World's first colour film viewed 2012-09-12T17:20:51Z Better curry sauce on your cuffs, than the frustration of trying to repeatedly lift a chip or two to your mouth, on a tiny fork, only for it to break-in-two millimetres from your gaping cakehole. How to eat: chips 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z “Compression is measured in terms of millimetres mercury, and right now we think a range of 20-30mm mercury is the optimum,” Engel says. Do compression sports clothes really improve performance? 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Along the left side of the dancer’s red figure, more of the white background paper had been laid, slimming down the shape of the dancer’s leg by millimetres. A Morning at MOMA with Sophie Matisse 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z 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 Every single square millimetre was cleaned with specific chemical solving systems applied under the control of the microscope, as the original layers were extremely delicate. British art restorer uncovers a lost Giotto masterpiece 2010-10-23T23:07:00Z Only when I remove it after two weeks do I see that a thin metal probe, a few millimetres long, has been in my arm the entire time. Eat more avocado! What I learned from the study that will change how we eat 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The stretching was done by turning dials on the frame, arranged in three triangles – nine “stretches” in all, by a millimetre a day. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z I will take notes on every meal, document every gram he eats and every millimetre he drinks. ‘For five years we dreaded every meal’: my infant son’s struggle with food 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Delicate fingers gather swaths of cloth about a female form, leaving a crucial millimetre of print and body naked. Kitagawa Utamaro 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z The team analysed flecks of the paint using an intense x-ray beam less than one thousandth of a millimetre wide at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble. Yellow mellowed 2011-02-14T19:00:00Z The host’s fridge is precariously stacked to the last millimetre. The new rules of dinner parties: don't be on time – and bring more booze than you need 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z We encountered a problem: the stretching shin was not properly aligned to my ankle and the lower dials needed turning not one but three millimetres a day to push both shin and ankle into position. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z “I know what it’s like to obsess over millimetres of bone,” she continues. The Stylish Socialist Who Is Trying to Save YouTube from Alt-Right Domination 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z That is a crucial question, and a source of valuable dramatic tension, for the keyboard stretches far and wide, and miscalculation by a millimetre has the potential for disaster. Composing for the piano in black and white 2010-06-03T22:05:00Z There's a man with a head tattoo who eats cornflakes with his face millimetres from the bowl. Top Of The Lake: a mystery that's impossible to get a handle on 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z Each millimetre, he insisted, had to become essential to the whole. Lucian Freud obituary 2011-07-21T21:08:42Z It droops ever so slightly, not very much more than a millimetre. Kitagawa Utamaro 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z The first piece that made his name as a composer, 1954's Metastaseis for orchestra, was composed using lines carefully plotted on millimetre graph paper to outline parabolic curves. Xenakis: So what does a wiggly line sound like? 2010-06-03T22:00:00Z Northrop Grumman is exploring producing 120 millimetre tank ammunition in Poland as the U.S. ally surges defence production capacity, the company's chief told Reuters on Thursday. South Korea prosecutors seek jail for Samsung boss on fraud, stock manipulation charges 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z The team analysed hundreds of metabolites on an area smaller than one square millimetre. The metabolism of bacteria under the microscope: New method reveals host-microbe interactions 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z "If I look at the position of the soldier in the battlefield, they want interchangeability because they want to have a box of 155 millimetre artillery rounds," he said. NATO urges common standards and curbs on protectionism to boost artillery output 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The sheet currently loses around 270 billion tonnes of ice each year, and contributes a substantial fraction of the current global sea-level rise, which is more than 4 millimetres annually. How to Save Greenland’s Massive Ice Sheet 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The research was done using light at terahertz frequency at millimetre wavelength, in the region of the spectrum between visible and microwave. Superlensing without a super lens: Physicists boost microscopes beyond limits 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z When light beams pass over tiny meta surfaces, which are just millimetres in size, they can manipulate the wave, similar to a traditional lens, but at a much smaller scale. Why a 'hologram revolution' could be on the way 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The NMC said rainfall in Guangdong could reach more than 300 millimetres. Heavy rainstorms to hit southern China after Typhoon Koinu batters Taiwan 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z But it never really washed - Wales wouldn't have had a millimetre of high speed track. HS2 cash to be used to electrify the north Wales mainline 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Quantum dots are extremely tiny - just a few millionths of a millimetre across. Quantum dots: TV screen crystals win Chemistry Nobel Prize 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Brain surgery is precise and painstaking - straying a millimetre the wrong way could kill a patient instantly. Safer brain surgery using AI possible within two years 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z He was only millimetres away from taking those chances, and it won't take much of adjustment for his goals to really start to flow. 'Liverpool 2.0 reminds me of Klopp's best teams' 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z One weather station in the Greek village of Zagora reported 750 millimetres of rain in 24 hours, which the WMO says is “the equivalent of about 18 months of rainfall.” How Climate Change Made Libya’s Flooding Even More Devastating 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The city's weather observatory issued the "red" signal before 6 a.m. local time, saying rain exceeding 50 millimetres in an hour is falling and likely to continue. Hong Kong shuts schools as it issues heavy rain warning 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z First, the researchers operated on Bennett to insert arrays of small silicon electrodes into parts of the brain that are involved in speech, a couple of millimetres beneath the surface. Brain-reading Devices Allow Paralyzed People to Talk Using Their Thoughts 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z "If we had won this evening I would be king of the world, instead I am nothing by millimetres. That is why we love football." Australia gripped by penalty drama on historic night 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z But they have not fallen short of expectations by millimetres. USA World Cup exit a predictable 'catastrophe' 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z One district of provincial capital Dalian received 93 millimetres of rain in an hour. Five dead after heavy rains in eastern China, crops damaged in northeast 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Limits will be placed on stockpiles of guns and ammunition, while certain weapons, including nine millimetre handguns, will be prohibited. Brazil: Lula tightens gun control amid surge in ownership 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Transphorm uses ultra thin layers of gallium nitride that are a micron, or one thousandth of a millimetre thick, on its semiconductors. China gallium curbs raise chip questions for future EV models 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The 9 millimetre bullets were found by a passenger shortly before the jet was to take off with 218 passengers and 12 crew members on board, leading to the plane to return to the terminal. Korean Air jet evacuated before takeoff after bullets found on board 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z "No country in the world has a surveillance system capable of tracking micrometeoroids of this size - about 1 millimetre." Russia says stranded astronauts to return from ISS in September 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z "We need to recover 500 millimetres in the north-western regions: we need 50 days of rain," he added. Italy faces new drought alert after another dry winter 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z EU officials and diplomats say they are urgently exploring the possibility of joint procurement of 155 millimetre artillery shells to help Kyiv defend itself against Russia. Borrell: Joint EU arms plan will work but Kyiv needs help now 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z This tweet translates as: "Look how the ball was in - Japan's goal validated by VAR! A millimetre that made the joy of millions of Brazilians." The best social media VAR explainers of Japan's goal 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The logo I am trying to find is less than half a millimetre wide. Why lasers are being used to write inside diamonds 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z "We invested 10 million euros to build two cogeneration plants and save 4 million euros this year," he said, adding Italcer saved another million by reducing the tiles' thickness to 8.5 from 10 millimetres. Analysis: Energy crisis tests resilience of Italian businesses 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia, received less than a sixth of its average rainfall in August and September and has received only 0.2 millimetres so far in October, according to Environment Canada. Canada's drought-stricken British Columbia bracing for floods when rains return 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Metservice data showed Nelson city on the South Island had received 106 millimetres of rain since midday on Tuesday - well above its average rainfall for the whole of August of 80 millimetres. Torrential rains lash New Zealand for 3rd day, hundreds evacuate homes 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Tesla this year started manufacturing its new larger-format 4680 cylindrical battery - denoting 46 millimetres in diameter and 80 millimetres in length. Exclusive: China's EVE to supply BMW with large Tesla-like cylindrical batteries in Europe 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Opsydia's system tunes the laser so that it can pass through the surface of the diamond, usually to a depth of about a quarter of a millimetre. Why lasers are being used to write inside diamonds 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Like Knight's apparent victory, it seemed a matter of millimetres. England denied relay gold by disqualification 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z On Friday, 126 millimetres of rain fell between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Flooding kills at least one in Senegal's capital 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z These are dominated by silt- and clay-sized particles and are typically laminated on the millimetre scale. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z That is brief by human standards, but because these particles travel at the speed of light, they would leave trails a few millimetres long, which would be a treasured footprint for physicist sleuths to follow. Pentaquarks: scientists find new "exotic" configurations of quarks 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z If the ball crosses or doesn't cross the line by a few millimetres everyone is happy. World Cup to use semi-automated offside technology 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The pellet, which entered just below her neck, came to rest between her shoulder blades, millimetres from her spine, and has been deemed too risky to remove. Air gun shootings: Two cats die in Pembrokeshire 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z "No one is going to trade a gram of our sovereignty or a millimetre of our territory," he said in video remarks posted online. Ukraine savages idea of concessions to end war, evokes appeasement of Nazis 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z At that thickness, a typical formation would appear on a typical geological map as an area that is at least a few millimetres thick. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was millimetres that made the difference on that occasion, while on Sunday Raheem Sterling's goal was disallowed for offside after he timed his run a few milliseconds early. 'Neither of top two deserve to finish second' 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z "He gives me the strength as president to say we are 100% clear in our principles - and we won't move a millimetre." A spellbinder's story of survival, no longer kept secret 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Natalia was evacuated by neighbours and her family to the hospital in nearby Zaporizhzhia and has since been told by doctors that she survived death "by a millimetre". Ukraine war: Civilians attacked but determined on front lines 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Mark says he is prepared to be killed fighting for "every millimetre" of Ukraine. Ukraine invasion: Kyiv residents seek shelter as blasts hit 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Sediments typically accumulate at even slower rates — less than a millimetre per year — but still they are thick enough to be thrust up into monumental mountains and carved into breathtaking canyons. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At longer wavelengths, “you only saw a blob, but at the millimetre wavelengths, you start to see the edge”. Major African Radio Telescope Will Help to Image Black Holes 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z If his hand moves a millimetre, my face could be paralysed, or I could lose all the hearing in my ear. How my pregnancy led to a life-changing diagnosis 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z New Zealand was late in regulating vaping and is still relatively liberal, allowing up to 60 milligrams of nicotine per millimetre of liquid compared with the EU which has a 20 milligram cap. New Zealand's smoking ban overlooks worry about growing youth vaping 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z But all the time the rise of the sea, millimetre by millimetre, fuelled by the melting of the distant polar ice, contaminates local wells and keeps reducing supplies of drinking water. COP26: What climate summit means for one woman in Bangladesh 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z At the point where the hammer strikes it, a small part of the rock will be compressed by a fraction of a millimetre. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "We will not tolerate one millimetre of abuse of power or harassment, intimidation or worse," he told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. New top editor at Germany's Bild brings two women onboard 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “We had only 2 millimetres of rain, while the norm is almost 40 millimetres. That’s the whole story,” he said. Russia's Yakutia province governor warns of more deadly wildfires next year 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In the 10m air rifle event, the whole target is 4.5cm in diameter and the central ring is just half a millimetre across. Tokyo Paralympics: Sport-by-sport guide 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z The city of Yicheng also saw a record 400 millimetres of rain on Thursday. China cities declare rain 'red alerts' as flood death toll hits 21 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z 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 In his back was a kebab knife, which had missed his heart by millimetres. Nottingham church minister's journey from drugs and gang crime 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Despite the bigger screen, there is only the smallest difference - a few millimetres - in the size of the device itself. Nintendo Switch OLED Model gets an upgraded screen 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z A study from researchers at Florida International University published last year found that the building was sinking at a rate of about two millimetres per year in the 1990s. Miami building collapse: What could have caused it? 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z “We are just one millimetre away from a historic agreement,” Le Maire told reporters in a pooled interview after a day of talks. France says G7 just a millimetre away from tax deal 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z 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 One superb assist already, plus a millimetre away from another. Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live! 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z This is just outside the white line, by a millimetre or so. Leicester City 3-1 Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Kingspan took the surface off their insulation, a piece of foil thinner than a millimetre, and tested that on its own. Grenfell Tower inquiry: 11 key things we’ve learned this year 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, he was the subject of two hospital orders by courts, including in 2008 when he was "millimetres away" from stabbing his brother's ex-girlfriend. Killed in 2019: Who has been brought to justice? 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Heavy rain of up to 600 millimetres will continue in parts of central Vietnam until Wednesday, Vietnam’s weather agency said on Sunday. Landslide hits Vietnam army barracks, 22 soldiers missing 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Knowing the size of the human visual cortex, he inferred that whatever caused his auras moved across the brain at a speed of roughly 3 millimetres per minute. A richer view of aura 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Just 0.1 millimetres thick, the epidermis is battered by mutation-promoting ultraviolet rays over a person’s lifetime, and is the origin of the vast majority of skin cancers. Seeds of cancer in normal skin 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The radio data showed that light was being absorbed at millimetre wavelengths that corresponded to a phosphine concentration of 20 parts per billion in the atmosphere. Life on Venus? Scientists hunt for the truth 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Following a series of unsuccessful attacks in the final kilometres in a group of six breakaway riders, Vos launched the sprint too early and was overtaken by a few millimetres by the former world champion. Former world champion Deignan wins La Course women’s race 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The soil mites are about 2 millimetres long, nearly the size of the thrips themselves. Mighty mites: arachnid soldiers deploy to protect a national treasure 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Brush the exposed side with butter again and, with the narrow end facing you, spoon about 25g-30g of the spinach mix along the bottom edge, keeping a few millimetres of pastry exposed around the edges. Holiday at home: Yotam Ottolenghi's recipes for Greek summer meze 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z With the increased activity, the slippage jumped to 10 millimetres per month. AI, satellites and tiny gas sensors are powering a revolution in volcano science 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z The cameras measure a five millimetre square area near the tear duct, which has been judged the best place to record skin temperature. What might the return to the office look like? 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z To follow the sun's motion, the cell array shifts horizontally by a few millimetres throughout the day. The worldwide race to make solar power more efficient 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z That is a ten-thousandth of a millimetre; invisible, in other words. Fashion statements in a pandemic: are you ready for the It mask? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Samurai wasps, tiny creatures of two millimetres, lay their larvae inside the stinkbugs’ eggs, which are then destroyed. Stinkbug invasion in Turkey threatens world hazelnut supplies 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z However, this will require the development of methods for rejuvenating large volumes of metallic glasses — Pan and colleagues’ rejuvenated samples are only 3 millimetres long and 1.5 mm in diameter. Metallic glasses rejuvenated to harden under strain 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Researchers engineered the tiny devices, which are less than 1 millimetre long, by sculpting skin and heart cells taken from Xenopus frog embryos into shapes that were designed using a supercomputer. Giant Moon rocket, living robots and quantum computer — January’s best science images 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “The rainfall in some areas might be useful and in other spots it might only be a millimetre or two.” Thunderstorms sweep across Australia's bushfire-ravaged east coast 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z While acknowledging that the technology used to determine offside decisions by VAR is not accurate enough to identify millimetre calls, Brud said that did not mean the offside law needed to be changed. We are not a VAR police, say football lawmakers 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Replays suggested he was millimetres onside and it became his first City goal. Phil Foden strike seals easy FA Cup win for Manchester City over Port Vale 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Rather than implanting directly into the brain, the artificial neurons are built into ultra-low power microchips a few millimetres wide. Bionic neurons could enable implants to restore failing brain circuits 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z It hasn’t really been possible to look at big samples — larger than about one cubic millimetre — and pick out cellular or even finer details. The microscope makers putting ever-larger biological samples under the spotlight 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z In these “superflat floors”, even a 10th of a millimetre matters. How our home delivery habit reshaped the world 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Hawk-eye’s margin of error is 3 millimetres - it’s far from perfect. Rafael Nadal v Stefanos Tsitsipas: ATP World Tour Finals – live! 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z At a few millimetres across, the images are much smaller than the Kimura team’s. Star Wars-style 3D images created from single speck of foam 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z There had been little more than millimetres in it during the previous two meetings of English football’s current powerhouses. Fabinho opener leaves Man City fuming and helps Liverpool go eight points clear 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The knife came within a millimetres of fully passing through her body. Jodie Chesney: Stabbed in the back and left to die 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z As the hub gradually warms up to room temperature, it expands by a fraction of a millimetre and, because the clearance is so small, it locks in place inside the bearings. Bloodhound car arrives in South Africa for trials 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The coin-sized melanoma spots that popped up from his skin were now flat discolourations measuring millimetres across. Unlocking the potential of vaccines built on messenger RNA 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The hospital says one pellet lodged millimetres from its left eye. Australian cockatoo survives being shot five times 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z These are typically tiny capsules of hydrocarbon gas in a lipid shell, each bubble a fraction of a millimetre across. Ultrasound breakthrough 'can spot cancer earlier' 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The vessel on the left, from Vösendorf, Austria, is approximately 90 millimetres high. Early Europeans bottle-fed babies with animal milk 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The patient’s liver hovered, like a piñata, just millimetres away. Paging Dr. Robot 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z It found thousands of the tiny particles per cubic millimetre of tissue in every placenta analysed. Air pollution particles found on foetal side of placentas – study 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “Point five of a millimetre in takeup on the leech of a sail”—the back edge—“is the difference between a good sail and a bad sail,” he said. How Hackers Invented Kiteboarding 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z In normal conditions, scanning a patient's abdomen would show details no smaller than a millimetre across. Ultrasound breakthrough 'can spot cancer earlier' 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z “They usually say, ‘We received 20 millimetres of rain on this day,’” Al-Raggad says. A land without water: the scramble to stop Jordan from running dry 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z At 6:13 P.M., thunder boomed, drowning out the sound of an ambulance on Ocean Avenue; at 6:40 P.M., the rain seemed to fall horizontally, and the tree grew another three millimetres. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z There is no universally agreed definition of microplastics but they are generally considered to be smaller than half a millimetre across. Microplastics in water not harmful to humans, says WHO report 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z “When they first hatch, they’re only a millimetre long and they burrow into your clothes, so you don’t see them. It’s not until they get bigger that you see the evidence,” says Pinniger. Revenge of the clothes moths: as numbers boom, can they be stopped? 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z It turns out she pressed in a chunky number six, not a zero – a difference of a few millimetres. From a wrongful arrest to a life-saving romance: the typos that have changed people's lives 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Most of Jordan is a toasted expanse of desert, where less than 50 millimetres of rain fall each year. A land without water: the scramble to stop Jordan from running dry 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z As the thunderstorm arrived, the plane tree’s roots seemed to take a long drink: in a single minute, from 2:42 to 2:43 P.M., the tree’s trunk grew nearly five millimetres. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The charm Eton sprays on its pupils was revealed in Downing Street to be painted on a millimetre thick. Nigel Farage is the malign spectre haunting Boris Johnson’s new government | Nick Cohen 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z “Five years ago, it felt overly ambitious to be thinking about a cubic millimetre,” Reid says. How to map the brain 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z There had been a marriage as a result of those millimetres; followed by other, potentially life-saving consequences. From a wrongful arrest to a life-saving romance: the typos that have changed people's lives 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Functional magnetic resonance imaging, for example, generates snapshots of activity throughout the brain at a resolution of 1–2 millimetres every second or so, potentially for hours. How AI and neuroscience drive each other forwards 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The data shows that, long after I left, the tree continued to contract and expand by fractions of millimetres, minute by minute. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z When there were errors, they were of the smallest margins—lines missed by millimetres, ground strokes rolling off the tape. Federer and Nadal’s Wimbledon Rematch Showed Just How Alike the Two Greats Have Become 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Many researchers now think that mapping the entire mouse brain — about 500 cubic millimetres in volume — might be possible in the next decade. How to map the brain 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z So marks as small as one-thousandth of a millimetre can be made 0.15mm below a diamond's surface in a trillionth of a second. Game of Stones: Tracking conflict diamonds with lasers 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Yet rather than the rule itself being the problem, it is the stringent implementation of it, to the millimetre, that is drawing ire. Bielsa-esque Pierluigi Collina defends referees and Fifa’s new rules | Suzanne Wrack 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Three minutes later, the trunk of a nearby London plane tree expanded, growing in circumference by five-eighths of a millimetre. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Spores of the fungus are less than a tenth of a millimetre long and connect to one another by slender, branching filaments. Canadian Arctic fossils are oldest known fungus on Earth 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z That piece is also roughly one cubic millimetre in volume, but to capture the full thickness of the human cortex, the sample is shaped like a slab, rather than a cube. How to map the brain 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z January: a month when millimetres mattered and when the title race swung in Manchester City’s favour. Unforgettable photos: the best of the 2018-19 Premier League season 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Until recently, these high-frequency bands, which are called millimetre waves, were not available for Internet transmission, but advances in antenna technology have made it possible, at least in theory. The Terrifying Potential of 5G Technology 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Not long afterward, a fish splashed in the lake, and the tree shrunk by a quarter of a millimetre. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Van Sebille says that because the study focused on large plastic items, it doesn’t reveal much about the quantity of microplastics — fragments fewer than 5 millimetres long — in the oceans. Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Samples from monitoring devices were analysed to identify whether the tiny plastic pieces, invisible to the naked eye and less than five millimetres long, were present in the mountain range. Microplastics found in 'pristine' wilderness 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z It is one of the first places where a new satellite radar method is being used to track the rise and fall of the plant-covered land to within a millimetre. In the land of El Dorado, clean water has become ‘blue gold’ 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z In practice, millimetre waves are finicky: they can only travel short distances—about a thousand feet—and are impeded by walls, foliage, human bodies, and, apparently, rain. The Terrifying Potential of 5G Technology 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z "Today we are measuring sea-level rise in millimetres per year. So, a little more than 3mm per year right now," he explained. Warning from 'Antarctica's last forests' 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Jackson’s new charity, M2M, stands for the millimetres he moved his big toe to the mountains he now climbs. Ed Jackson: ‘I want to be the first quadriplegic to climb Everest’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z It was a tektite, about three millimetres in diameter—the fallout from an ancient asteroid impact. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z "The fractures were five millimetres from severing my spinal cord," she says. How lunch with a friend caused years of trauma 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Between the ages of 40 and 70, the number of fresh neurons spotted in the part of the brain studied fell from about 40,000 to 30,000 per cubic millimetre. Humans can make new brain cells into their 90s, scientists discover 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Today, these worm-like creatures grow to a few millimetres long and live in soft mud. 'Mindblowing' haul of fossils over 500m years old unearthed in China 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “I know it’s done when I look at every millimetre and feel that I can neither add nor subtract,” he said. An Artist’s Archeology of the Mind 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Paleontology is maddening work, its progress typically measured in millimetres. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z At Crosby, sea level is rising by 1.6 millimetres per year. English sea walls get wired to measure flood risk in real time 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z It suggests that in middle age about 300 fewer neurons per cubic millimetre are made in the dentate gyrus with each advancing year. Humans can make new brain cells into their 90s, scientists discover 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The beetles are only a few millimetres in length. Treasure trove of new insects discovered 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Bernard was millimetres away from connecting with the Brazilian substitute’s low cross and was also foiled by a fine van Dijk tackle as he sought to weave his way into the Liverpool area. Mohamed Salah and Liverpool frustrated as Everton claim derby draw 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z With precision calipers, he measured the diameter of the quill knobs, then the diameter of the quill of the fossil feather; both were 3.5 millimetres. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z He knows every millimetre of this section of El Capitan, practised it 40 or 50 times with a rope before attempting it without. ‘Everyone dies, honestly’: Free Solo’s Alex Honnold on rock-climbing without ropes 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Hobart, the Tasmanian capital, recorded just 0.4 millimetres of rain in January, the lowest on record. Floods, fire and drought: Australia, a country in the grip of extreme weather bingo 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z It is working to combine artificial intelligence with a more sensitive version of the millimetre wave body scanners already used in airports. Future of airport security on show 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z So we checked that and found that you need the thickness of the object to be less than a millimetre in order for that to work. Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “I saw the picture of the one were Sadio hit the post and then the deflection - it was millimetres, but they’re the fine margins,” said Robertson. Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool reaction and FA Cup third-round buildup – live! 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Stones had somehow got back to hook the ball, brilliantly, from beneath his crossbar and City were spared by a matter of millimetres. Manchester City’s Leroy Sané reignites title race with winner against Liverpool 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Over the many decades, this clone expanded to reach an area of 7 square millimetres, but did not develop into cancer. Mutations differ in normal and cancer cells of the oesophagus 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z A matter of millimetres – even accidental millimetres – can determine a player’s reputation. Flashpoints of 2018: Phil Mickelson breaks the rules at the US Open 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z In hairy skin, the epidermis is less than 0.1 millimetres thick and the dermis is 1–2 millimetres deep. Superpowered skin 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z It is clear, squishy and less than a millimetre thick. Moving skin beyond the biological 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Index and middle knuckles parting for a second, for a millimetre, an aperture just enough for the camera’s aperture to swoop through. Caught on tape: the story behind Australian cricket's greatest fall | Geoff Lemon 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Over the next several weeks, Ho and her collaborators watched the spectrum of the event’s millimetre emissions as it evolved. Holy Cow! Astronomers agog at mysterious new supernova 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z He recently corrected himself, declaring that he meant not one millimetre. Bolsonaro’s election is catastrophic news for Brazil’s indigenous tribes | Fiona Watson 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Such skin is thicker than hairy skin; the epidermis is about 1.5 millimetres thick and the dermis is about 3 millimetres deep. Superpowered skin 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z And thanks to the heartbeats, he adds, the brain pulsates “on the scale of half a millimetre to a millimetre”. The world’s strongest MRI machines are pushing human imaging to new limits 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z In the infrared, a waveplate made of a conventional material requires a thickness in excess of 1 millimetre. Precise control of infrared polarization using crystal vibrations 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z By measuring activity in the brain at the scale of a few millimetres, these scans seem to promise profound insight into the workings of the brain. Promises and pitfalls of imaging the brain 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Firstly the experts will research the painting, mapping it millimetre by millimetre using a scanner, in a process which will take around 70 days. Rembrandt masterpiece The Night Watch to be restored under world's gaze 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z I already go to the barbers, where my eyebrows are plucked, my hands massaged and my beard trimmed to the millimetre. Face time: is makeup for men the next big beauty trend? 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z He specifies lengths of tape to the millimetre, the exact number of binder clips for each print, the angles at which nails are to be hammered into the wall, the kind of nail to use. The Life and Art of Wolfgang Tillmans 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z These are based on estimates from satellites, which measure the temperature of only the top few millimetres of seawater. Biologists ignore ocean weather at their peril 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z It is often abbreviated to micron, and is equal to 1×10-6 of a metre, one-millionth of a metre or one-thousandth of a millimetre. Thirty micrometres a minute: scientists discover the speed of death 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z So we're likely to see clusters of smaller phone masts closer to the ground transmitting so-called "millimetre waves" between much higher numbers of transmitters and receivers. What is 5G and what will it mean for you? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The remains – tiny lumps a few millimetres in size – were discovered by archaeologists at a site in the Black Desert in north-east Jordan. Archaeologists find earliest evidence of bread 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Even the 7-Tesla that scanned my brain had only a maximum resolution of one millimetre. The Neuroscience of Pain 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Turf specialists had been brought in to make the sure the grass was the same length, to the millimetre, of the pitch of their opening game. Gareth Southgate calls on England to transfer energy to world stage 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The New Scientist, in its headline on the findings, helpfully expresses it at two millimetres an hour. Thirty micrometres a minute: scientists discover the speed of death 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z This is, in part, because of a ten-thousand-year-old phenomenon known as glacial rebound, which has caused the island to sink a millimetre or two each year. Tangier, the Sinking Island in the Chesapeake 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The fossils are just a few millimetres in width and Xiao’s team spotted them after painstakingly tilting rock slabs at different angles so the sunlight would illuminate any subtle traces left by ancient bugs. 540m-year-old bug tracks are oldest footprints ever discovered 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Most brain imaging has been carried out in 3-Tesla MRI scanners, which cannot resolve detail below a scale of two millimetres. The Neuroscience of Pain 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z By culturing the cells on small squares just 22 millimetres across, the scientists forced the cells to organize into structures instead of spreading horizontally. Hybrid Human–Chicken Embryos Illuminate Key Developmental Milestone 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The stem cells are coaxed using chemical triggers to become neurons, which spontaneously clump together and self-organise into miniature brain-like structures that grow to a few millimetres in diameter. Scientists to grow 'mini-brains' using Neanderthal DNA 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The two leaders sat exactly 2,018 millimetres apart – in a nod to the year of their historic summit – on opposite sides of a specially designed table with gentle, rounded edges. Korea summit: leaders vow to 'write new chapter' in peninsula’s history 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Without that constant downward force, you have to secure every belt, cog and pulley – a few millimetres of unintended movement wreaks havoc on the printing mechanism, leading to failed or wonky printing. 'It's about expanding Earth': could we build cities in space? 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Typical meteorite diamonds are only a few millionths of a millimetre across and are thought to form in collisions with other space rocks that send brief but intense shockwaves through the carbon-rich asteroids. Diamonds in Sudan meteorite 'are remnants of lost planet' 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The motion may be only millimetres per year, but it still needs to be recognised and factored into construction plans. Map records UK's small ups and downs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Its algorithms use these sensors to learn within millimetres the profile of the road being travelled. A new type of smooth car suspension 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Globally, mean sea level is rising by just over 3 millimetres a year, as glaciers and ice caps melt and warming ocean water expands. Attack of the extreme floods 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Referees at sporting events are subject to reviews that check their decisions to within millimetres. Labour-monitoring technologies raise efficiency—and hard questions 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Free spectrum abounds in the higher bands—in particular where the length of radio waves is counted in millimetres. The next generation of wireless technology is ready for take-off 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The images created so far are tiny — just millimetres across. Physicists create Star Wars-style projections — just don’t call them holograms 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Tiny objects, held less than a tenth of a millimetre apart, should experience forces transmitted by these particles in ways detectable by bench-top apparatus. Fundamental physics is frustrating physicists 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr Puigdemont attended Thursday's meeting of teachers at the headquarters of the autonomous government, where he praised educationalists for "backtracking not one millimetre in our fundamental rights". Catalonia schools prepare for referendum 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Such techniques have reached accuracies of a few millimetres in experimental settings, but do not yet have the millimetre accuracy needed for use in patients. Three ways to make proton therapy affordable 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z As for mobile devices, big changes must be made for these to be able to use millimetre waves; with current technology, the computing power to process the signals would drain batteries in a twinkling. The next generation of wireless technology is ready for take-off 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Their leaves vary in area from less than 1 square millimetre to greater than 1 square metre. Clues to why leaves come in many sizes - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The margin for error in such surgeries is measured in fractions of a millimetre. Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice? 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Just a millimetre or less in size, tardigrades are believed to be the toughest creatures on Earth. Secrets of the world's toughest creatures revealed - BBC News 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Improving the accuracy and precision from centimetres to millimetres is necessary. Three ways to make proton therapy affordable 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z This device sits on a tripod and uses a laser and prism to record the location of artefacts and other features at millimetre accuracy, thus giving a very precise record of artefact position and layering. Buried Tools and Pigments Tell a New History of Humans in Australia for 65,000 Years 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z ‘It consists of two half millimetre thick sheets of aluminium with a core material between them. The issue in this case was that the core material used was polyethylene, and polyethylene is combustible.’ London's Deadly Grenfell Tower Fire: Building Material Now Leading Suspect 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Crystals will be embedded into a device the size of a coin which will be laid along a stretch of highway a few millimetres apart. Future Energy: LA crystals turn cars into energy source - BBC News 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z "The initial impression is of loose, flowing curves," Robert Bevan said, going on to praise its "millimetre accuracy." Serpentine Gallery unveils climate-aware pavilion - BBC News 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Mr Fletcher continues to recover after sustaining a knife wound to his neck that his mother said was "a millimetre" from his jugular vein. Portland attack: $600,000 raised for 'heroes' killed defending Muslim teen - BBC News 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Geologists define sand not by composition but by size, as grains between 0.0625 and two millimetres across. The World Is Running Out of Sand 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z First, Bonneau and her colleagues took tiny samples — less than one square millimetre — and determined their chemical composition. Dreams of the Stone Age dated for first time in southern Africa 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z They are made up of jumbles of tangled threads some hundredths of a millimetre thick. 'World's oldest fungus' raises evolution questions - BBC News 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Even a few millimetres of rain is enough to overwhelm the old tunnels and anything left over goes into the river. London's 'super sewer' to help stop Thames becoming a toilet - BBC News 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Although a human can walk through a spider web with relative ease, that is because each strand is only three-thousandths of a millimetre in diameter. In the Future, We’ll All Wear Spider Silk 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z They consist of filaments and tubes up to half a millimetre in length and around half the width of a human hair. Do the Quebec fossils prove that life begin much earlier than we thought? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z He later told PSV TV: “I did everything I could to prevent the ball crossing the line. According to the system, it was one millimetre over the line.” PSV keeper’s own-goal blunder picked up by Hawk-Eye to crush title hopes 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Water vapour plays havoc with observations made at millimetre wavelengths. Edge of darkness: looking into the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Geological Survey, the average rate of creep on the Hayward is 4.6 millimetres per year—about the length of a standard black garden ant, or a quarter of a jelly bean. Creep on the Hayward Fault 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Scaled up to a full millimetre, it’s estimated that a spider web could catch a helicopter as effectively as it currently entraps flies. In the Future, We’ll All Wear Spider Silk 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z The Atacama Desert gets an average of 15 millimetres of rain each year - and some parts get virtually no precipitation at all. Earth’s driest desert once had lakes - BBC News 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Movements on the scale of just millimetres per year are being sought. Sentinels map Earth's slow surface warping - BBC News 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z There’s a very thin plastic shield covering your face, a few millimetres thick: that’s your visor. Living in space puts Earth in a new light: 'I'd never seen that shade of blue before' 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z In theory, it should be slipping about ten millimetres a year, roughly twice its observed rate. Creep on the Hayward Fault 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Adult wasps, a few millimetres long, will emerge from both in the spring to lay eggs in the opening buds of the oaks. In a Lilliputian world of leaf litter 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Dr Süss’s process, the paper claims, allows new magnet designs to be created on a computer and produced rapidly, with a precision of well under one millimetre. Magnetic moments 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Moments later the goalkeeper was helpless as the ball skidded along the turf in front of him and, again, Agüero was only millimetres from a 14th goal in his 15th appearance of the season. Manchester City stumble as Marten de Roon grabs Middlesbrough a point 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z In the end, Beholder was declared the winner by a matter of millimetres, and Songbird’s winning streak was snapped at 11 races. Beholder edges Songbird by a nose in Breeders' Cup Distaff for the ages 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “We measure changes in the condition of the glacier within millimetres,” Rignot told me. When a Country Melts 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The uplift observed — more than 12 millimetres per year in some regions — exceeded model-derived rates by several millimetres on average. Glaciology: Greenland ice loss underestimated : Nature : Nature Research 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But the final flyby is expected to include spectacular images from elsewhere on the comet, perhaps as close as 15 metres from the surface and with resolution as high as mere millimetres per pixel. Comet crash: a guide to Rosetta’s big finale 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The membrane is about 100th of a millimetre thick and needed to be dissected off the retina without damaging it. Surgeons use robot to operate inside eye in world first 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z About 140 millimetres of rain fell in an hour this morning ... Three elderly people die in Greek flash flooding 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The models — which can achieve a resolution of just 1 millimetre when used with good cameras — can be analysed by people or computers to identify coral species and quantify reef coverage. Computers on the reef 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The mighty Eurasian and African plates also collide here, with the Eurasian plate moving northeast at 24 millimetres per year. Italian scientists shocked by earthquake devastation 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Only a few millimetres of plastic separate crops in the high tunnels from the great outdoors. Growing farmers 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z This creates further strain, with the Eurasian plate moving northeast at a rate of 24 millimetres per year. Deadly Italian quake strikes 40 kilometres from L’Aquila 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The health and changing characteristics of coastal marine life such as kelp forests, mangroves, seagrass beds and coral reefs are significantly affected by activities that occur at sizes a thousand times smaller than a millimetre. Microscope observes life of the ocean floor - BBC News 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z But reefs are built by tiny coral polyps—tentacled animals that look like sea anemones and are just millimetres in size. 'Kissing' Corals Filmed in the Wild for the First Time The snake-like ocean barrier is made out of vulcanised rubber and works by harnessing sea currents to passively funnel trash in surface waters – often just millimetres in diameter – into a V-shaped cone. Dutch prototype clean-up boom brings Pacific plastics solution a step closer 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z It was cruel on Atlético: two minutes and two millimetres have now cost them three European Cups. It’s the Sids 2016! The complete review of the 2015-16 La Liga season 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Shapes on the surface of this lens are smaller than the wavelength of light involved: a thousandth of a millimetre. Flat lens promises possible revolution in optics - BBC News 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Barely two minutes cost them two European Cups, barely two millimetres cost them a third, Juanfran’s shot coming back off the post. Real Madrid twist the knife again to give Atlético the cruellest of nights | Sid Lowe 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Anderson comes back with the jafferist of jaffas, which beats the edge by millimetres. England v Sri Lanka: first Test, day three – live! 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Tests in the lab found that the polymer film, which is only 70 thousandths of a millimetre thick, reduced the appearance of wrinkles and under-eye bagging, and helped retain moisture in patches of dry skin. Stretchy 'second skin' could make wrinkles a thing of the past 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The build tray lowered a fraction of a millimetre, and the process began all over again. All the Food That’s Fit to Print 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Video footage from the experiments shows grains of sediment being flung millimetres into the air and landing nearby where they form ridges that grow higher and higher until they collapse and send material tumbling downhill. Mysterious tracks on Mars may be formed by boiling water, study shows 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z 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 Anderson comes back with the jafferist of jaffas, which beats the edge by millimetres. England v Sri Lanka: first Test, day three – live! 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z The car is lighter, but also wider and longer - only by millimetres, but that's a radical change in size for a design engineer trying to maximise performance. How can you improve upon 'automotive perfection'? - BBC News 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In the western region of Soubre, at the heart of the cocoa belt, an analyst reported 25 millimetres of rain last week after no rain at all in the previous week. Rainfall provides some relief in key Ivory Coast cocoa regions 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z But researchers are increasingly concerned about the effects of tiny ‘microplastic’ fragments — those smaller than 5 millimetres — which are created when larger objects break apart, or manufactured for industrial products including cosmetics and packaging materials. Microplastics damage oyster fertility 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The huge advantage of millimetre wave is access to new spectrum because the existing cellphone spectrum is overcrowded. Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The first days of the new year even saw a discouraging spike in concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5, as the diameter of two sizes of particles are commonly defined in thousandths of a millimetre. Particular about particulates 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z As tectonic forces drive the Indian subcontinent under Central Asia, rocks ride up the ramp, adding a few millimetres a year to the height of the snow and ice-capped mountains. Satellites dissect Nepal quake - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The ball has moved barely a millimetre in the three overs so far. South Africa v England: second Test, day four – live! 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z In its 10-year lifespan, each oyster produces up to four pearls, which get bigger with each seeding to a maximum of 18 millimetres. 'It’s not for everyone': the hot, dangerous work behind the lustre of the world's best pearls 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Google also established a repeater tower and numerous other sites around the Spaceport, presumably to test millimetre wave reception. Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Satellites in the US Global Positioning System monitor plate movements with an accuracy of a few millimetres. Geophysics: Vast forces underfoot : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z But the key to getting a sharp, super-resolution image - unlike conventional ultrasound, which is limited to capturing objects at millimetre scales - was to scan at a very high frame-rate. Ultrasound captures rat brain in microscopic 3D - BBC News 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z The ball has moved barely a millimetre in the three overs so far. South Africa v England: second Test, day four – live! 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Worst hit seemed to be the area around Doha’s Hamad international airport, where almost 80 millimetres of rain fell, according to the Qatar meteorology department. Qatar and Saudi Arabia hit by floods, shutting schools and blocking roads 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Photograph: New Mexico Spaceport Authority Google is not the first organisation to work with drones and millimetre wave technology. Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z These are tiny analytical devices that transport fluids such as blood through channels half a millimetre or less in diameter, in order to carry them into chambers that hold analytical reagents. Chilled out 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z At the moment, this has a resolution measured at best in millimetres, which is fine for its original purpose—clinical diagnosis—but useless for understanding how brains work at anything more than a superficial level. The observer corps 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Every new layer adds only another quarter of a millimetre to the height. Dubai Airshow: Planemakers are looking at flying in 3D - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The World Bank calculates that Qatar receives, on average, 74 millimetres of rain each year. Qatar and Saudi Arabia hit by floods, shutting schools and blocking roads 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z To get millimetre wave working from a high-flying drone, Google needs to experiment with focused transmissions from a so-called phased array. Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Although the letters are only two or three millimetres high, hundreds of scans are required to get enough information to make out a single letter. The Quest to Unlock an Ancient Library 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z They just departed, sometimes by a matter of millimetres, from some bizarre set of specifications that defines, with apparent omniscience, what it is that we, the customers, demand our parsnips to be. Viewpoint: The rejected vegetables that aren’t even wonky - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Giroud, sticking out a telescopic leg, is millimetres away from poking home. Arsenal v Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Soon frustrated reporters were creating conflict by turning any millimetre of difference between Hillary Clinton and Obama into a mile. Gloria Steinem: why the White House needs Hillary Clinton 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “Call it luck or the grace of God but millimetres can make the difference between walking out of here, or not.” Oregon college shooting is all the more reason to carry guns, say local residents 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z With millimetre resolution, it is like a country map that marks major highways. A Massive Global Effort Maps How the Brain is Wired 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z In MAX IV’s case, the pipe is 22 millimetres across, about half as wide as a typical current synchrotron. Next-generation X-ray source fires up 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Giroud, sticking out a telescopic leg, is millimetres away from poking home. Arsenal v Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z To remove one for inspection is not difficult, but Villeda then had to cut each brain into wafers 1/25th of a millimetre thick using a cryomicrotome, a machine that resembles a benchtop deli slicer. Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people? | Ian Sample 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Margaret’s cancer was small, three millimetres, and it was caught early. Three Artists, One Love Story 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z A single worm cocoon fragment, measuring 1.5 by 0.8 millimetres, was extracted from the deposit and examined by scientists through a scanning electron microscope. Fossilised sperm found in Antarctica is world's oldest, say scientists 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Djokovic was proved wrong by a matter of millimetres as the above graphic shows. From dreads to Fed: Wimbledon A-Z 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Under pressure from Juan de Fuca, the stuck edge of North America is bulging upward and compressing eastward, at the rate of, respectively, three to four millimetres and thirty to forty millimetres a year. The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z They both hit long, Muguruza by a millimetre, within the margin of error. Serena Williams beats battling Garbiñe Muguruza to win Wimbledon 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The umpire shakes his head, and Hawk-Eye shows the ball bouncing over leg stumps by perhaps a millimetre or two. Ashes 2015: England v Australia – first Test, day three – live! 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The cocoon was found to consist of a solid inner wall, one fortieth of a millimetre thick, and a spongey outer layer of loosely interwoven cables of between 0.005 and 0.010 millimetres thick. Fossilised sperm found in Antarctica is world's oldest, say scientists 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z “We are millimetres away from the total collapse of the Greek financial system,” warned Herman Van Rompuy, until last year the president of the European Council and heavily involved in years of Greek rescue negotiations. Greece crisis deepens as banks close for a week after weekend that shook euro 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Separate the coils by more than a few millimetres however, or wiggle them around, and the efficiency of the process drops off quickly. Coiled and ready to strike 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The only imperfection is a small scar millimetres away from his right eye, the result of some other kid throwing a battery at him when he was nine. Leon Bridges and Curtis Harding: the new stars of classic soul 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The umpire shakes his head, and Hawk-Eye shows the ball bouncing over leg stumps by perhaps a millimetre or two. Ashes 2015: England v Australia – first Test, day three – live! 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z World Health Organization guidelines say treatment should start when there are fewer than 500 white blood cells in every cubic millimetre of blood. HIV drugs should be given at diagnosis, trial suggests - BBC News 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The cut was logged as five millimetres long. Anders Breivik’s Inexplicable Crime 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z But, under the microscope, the pathologist found a pinpoint “microcarcinoma” next to it, just five millimetres in size. America’s Epidemic of Unnecessary Care 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z One of the scanners is a European-first and will allow scientists to study brain cells only 1000th of a millimetre across. Cardiff University's Cubric brain image centre milestone - BBC News 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z It need not be a pinprick - up to four or five millimetres across will still work. Eclipse: In sunshine or in shadow 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z A selective watering programme, started on Friday morning, was completed on Sunday in an effort to ensure safe jumping ground, with between three and four millimetres put on the track. Faugheen tipped for Champion glory 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z But there must be enough surviving limbus in one eye to allow 1 or 2 square millimetres of tissue to be extracted. Behind the scenes of the world's first commercial stem-cell therapy 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z While the pianist plays the piano in the conventional way, using the keys, the biocomputer excites notes through small electromagnets hovering millimetres above the metal strings, imbuing the music with an ethereal tone. Fungus plays 'biomusic' duet 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It receives an average annual rainfall between 200 and 300 millimetres, 80 percent of it during summer monsoon season, which runs from July to September. Drought-Hit Pakistan Turns to Solar Water Treatment 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z It was this extra thickness - just a tenth of a millimetre - that revealed the strokes of the letters, even after volcanic incineration and two millennia underground. X-rays 'read' burnt Vesuvius scroll 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Inside the Herculaneum scrolls, the inked letters are raised some 0.1 millimetres above the surface of the papyrus. X-rays reveal words in Vesuvius-baked scrolls 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z For an inch or a few millimetres or a certain angle, you might not have been speaking to me. Crolla amazed at Man Utd support 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z But the question of whether anyone could actually produce ship-borne sprayers that would reliably churn out particles a ten-thousandth of a millimetre in diameter at a rate of 1,000 trillion a second remained open. Into the great wide open 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Pieces larger than 200 millimetres across accounted for 75% of the total mass of plastic surveyed. Fate of ocean plastic remains a mystery 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z But suppose that, as I write this, one of those Russian pilots hurtling towards Nato air space miscalculates by a few millimetres? Could the world return to the 1980s? 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Finally, he attached a ratchet to her jaw; each day, he tugged her jaw forward by a millimetre, allowing her bone cells to grow and fill in the stretched region. How 3-D Printing Is Changing Medicine 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z “The army knows that state millimetre by millimetre,” a Mexican legislator pointed out in a recent speech, “and they know minute by minute what’s happening there.” Crisis in Mexico: The Protests for the Missing Forty-Three 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z It’s not a thin phone by fashionable standards, but the extra millimetre or two allows for a larger battery, better heat dissipation, and therefore more performance. Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Review: Android's Alternative To The iPhone 6 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Norman, 59, underwent surgery after injuring himself two weeks ago while cutting tree branches at his property in Florida, missing the major artery in his left arm by less than a millimetre. Norman gets OK to chip and putt 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z “Oh dear! I'm terribly sorry. It seems my third panel developed an uplift of four millimetres. I do hope you're all right. Should I summon assistance?” Post-apocalyptic conversations with a sidewalk : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The stream of ink was about a tenth of a millimetre in diameter, and the entire pattern covered an area a little larger than a matchbook. How 3-D Printing Is Changing Medicine 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z One oddity: the camera housing protrudes - about a millimetre - from the back of the phone. Apple iPhone 6: thinner, faster and slightly cheaper - review 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z In the NLST, nodules with a diameter of 4 millimetres or larger were considered positive; all patients scoring positive were sent on for further diagnostic tests. Diagnosis: Early warning system : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z They are also about half a millimetre thinner. Apple unveils bigger iPhone handsets 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z This level of precision is good enough to detect millimetres of movement in tectonic plates, for example. Wayward Galileo satellites could still aid scientists 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Measuring only a few millimetres in size, the animals consist of a flattened disc and a stalk with a mouth on the end. Deep sea 'mushroom' is a breed apart 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Sure, the iPhone 6’s camera protrudes - by about a millimetre, and that bothers some people. Apple iPhone 6: thinner, faster and slightly cheaper - review 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Its finding suggests that the threshold could be raised to 7 or 8 millimetres. Diagnosis: Early warning system : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z As a result, the size of lab-grown tissues is strictly limited to several millimetres. The man who grew eyes 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The merger will help the combined company cut operating costs and increase the utilisation of its heavy investment in 300 millimetre wafer production plants in Dresden and Villach, Austria. Infineon agrees to buy Int'l Rectifier for $3 billion in cash 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z It may not have been much more than a few millimetres of pressure. Drawing a Gun in Ferguson 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The largest of the particles was only a few thousandths of a millimetre across, considerably smaller than this full stop. Dust from beyond our solar system fell to Earth from space probe 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Some of them missed major arteries by millimetres. Slenderman stab girl 'mentally unfit' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z We are talking about millimetres and fractions of millimetres. Cook’s wheel of fortune at rock bottom – Agnew 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Made of chitin, these Christmas Trees are just one micron high - one thousandth of one millimetre. Butterfly wings inspire cosmetics and bomb detectors 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z By dropping his shoulder a few millimetres, Cruyff has sold the defender the mother of all dummies, the subtlest of swerves. World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No25: the Cruyff Turn is born in 1974 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Drawings and production were to be in millimetres. Your great miscalculations 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z These are connected to an image-processing computer that filters out non-ball-shaped objects and tracks the ball's position to within a few millimetres, the company says. World Cup 2014 to be most hi-tech ever 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Human egg cells are one-tenth of a millimetre wide, and pronuclear transfers must be done under a microscope, in a specially designed chamber that controls temperature and air flow. Reproductive medicine: The power of three 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z 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 The constant repetition of a dazzling feat of geometry that finishes a millimetre off course is enough to drive the mildest competitor into cue-snapping frustration. Breaking the Law: get rid of the miss rule in snooker 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Global sea levels are currently rising by about 3 millimetres per year. Crucial West Antarctic glaciers are retreating unstoppably 2014-05-11T04:00:00Z The drones are able to create 3D images with millimetre accuracy. Drone technology used in aircraft checks 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z We also have the benefit of distances measured to the millimetre and times recorded automatically to a hundredth of a second. The 18th Century four-minute mile 2014-05-08T23:29:32Z Each cubic millimetre on a scan is believed to contain about one million neurons. The difficult task of reading the brain 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z Global warming is raising sea levels around the planet by 2–3 millimetres each year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z The "through-and-through" gunshot wound missed his vital arteries and voice box by just millimetres, but its force threw him off the roof. Over 100 on military honours list 2014-03-21T01:53:45Z Team-mate Scott Andrews added: "We're confident. Against Canada in the round-robin we only missed out by a millimetre so, if we have the chance again, hopefully the millimetre goes in our favour." Britain target best Winter Games haul 2014-02-20T19:40:42Z The semiconducting stacks, each half a millimetre square, are scattered over that surface as a matrix of dots, meaning that a panel with an area of 125 square metres has half a million of them. Solar energy: Stacking the deck 2014-02-20T15:58:34Z Termite mounds may reach as much as three metres towards the sky—quite an achievement for animals that are but a few millimetres long. Automated construction: ’Bot the builder 2014-02-12T18:49:20Z The present plinth levels suggest a subsidence rate of just 1–2.5 millimetres per year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z But the key moment arrived midway through the 42nd over when a leading edge from Morgan was scooped millimetres from the turf by Dan Christian in his follow through. Australia beat England to win series 2014-01-19T10:52:24Z A total of 45 millimetres of rain fell at the course on Monday after 41mm on Sunday, but the ground is currently described as heavy but raceable. Chepstow hopeful for Welsh National 2013-12-24T11:11:49Z Despite Bloodhound being 13m long, we are using just about every millimetre inside it. Bloodhound Diary: 'Great' British engineering 2013-12-25T00:02:08Z The colorful model is roughly one millimetre larger in each direction. The Apple iPhone 5c Review: The Mid-Range Wolf Disguised In Polycarbonate 2013-12-14T13:22:00Z A study of ancient temples suggests that some parts of the delta may be sinking by only millimetres per year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z The effective strike range for seahorses is about 1 millimetre. Seahorses stalk prey by stealth 2013-11-26T17:55:42Z He said all scanners in the UK used "millimetre wave technology", which posed "no known health risks". Full body scanners for more airports 2013-11-21T13:31:32Z Just one millimetre long, the wasp belongs to a group known as parasitoids, which lay their eggs inside other insects or spiders. Statue honours evolution pioneer 2013-11-07T11:02:49Z Dr Byer did so by shunting the newly arrived electrons into a narrow channel between two glass plates, each half a millimetre long. Particle accelerators: Small really is beautiful 2013-10-17T15:02:27Z So far, the results suggest subsidence rates of some 9 millimetres per year in the southwest, and just 2–4 in the southeast. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z 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 A year on, the scars are still there - one just millimetres from his heart. Greece's Golden Dawn: 'Don't say a word or I'll burn you alive' 2013-10-02T11:04:36Z With just a few millimetres of extra width, the actual hardware is snugly presented on a cardboard tray at the top of the box. Sony Xperia Z Ultra Review: Better... Stronger... Faster... Larger... 2013-09-29T20:36:00Z Satellite data show that in California's Central Valley, the most productive agricultural region in the United States, water levels in the aquifers have fallen by more than 20 millimetres a year between 2003 and 2012. Water: The flow of technology 2013-09-25T21:50:42.130Z Syvitski's work with satellite data suggests that the delta is sinking below sea level by between 8 and 18 millimetres per year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z Trends in local sea level can differ strongly from the global average, which is increasing by around 3.2 millimetres per year. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z "Another solution would be for them to misalign the window frames, to slightly alter them by about a millimetre, but that would be very expensive," he says. How does a skyscraper melt a car? 2013-09-03T12:36:38Z Current technology allows for levers just 10 millionths of a millimetre in length which will vibrate 10 billion times every second. Scicurious Guest Writer! Quantum Machines Become Reality 2013-08-28T13:15:08Z Most of the country's farmed land is semi-arid with an annual rainfall of about 500 millimetres. Water: The flow of technology 2013-09-25T21:50:42.130Z Today they are buried 1.5 metres beneath the mud and the modern sea level, indicating an average sinking rate of about 5 millimetres per year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z As that part of North America moves upwards, land to the south is being levered down: the US east coast is dropping by millimetres per year. What Big Questions Remain about Sea Level Rise? 2013-09-18T22:15:00.910Z Crystals larger than a few millimetres in size are very tricky to handle. How much of the science in Breaking Bad is real? 2013-08-16T00:25:19Z This is now changing with the past decade seeing the first nanoelectromechanical systems built; machines now on the scale of one millionth of a millimetre. Scicurious Guest Writer! Quantum Machines Become Reality 2013-08-28T13:15:08Z "For a few more millimetres of screen, it's not a great trade-off." LG puts buttons on back of phone 2013-08-07T17:44:49Z 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 Driven by the tectonic collision of Europe with Africa, the high alpine bedrock is rising about one millimetre each year. Glaciers protect Alps mountain peaks 2013-08-02T23:46:28Z As in real life, the gentle but relentless pressure of the root’s growth should be enough to make it advance through the soil, fractions of a millimetre at a time. Robot plants: Putting down roots 2013-07-25T14:59:45Z Feyman’s challenge ignited the field of microelectromechanical systems: machines with both electrical and mechanical parts, built on the scale of one thousandth of a millimetre, a micrometer. Scicurious Guest Writer! Quantum Machines Become Reality 2013-08-28T13:15:08Z Add in a few millimetres of depth, bring the size down to something that fits in a normal pocket and is dare I say it, mobile, and I would be a very happy customer. Neither the HTC One Mini Or The Galaxy S4 Mini Are Worthy Of Being Called 'Mini' 2013-07-20T23:16:00Z Using conventional electron microscopes, with their single scanning beam of electrons, researchers have so far been able to reconstruct only a cubic millimetre of brain tissue. Neuroscience: Solving the brain 2013-07-17T17:20:30.610Z This has created a large public discussion about design changes that often just shifts things along, quite literally, by a few millimetres at a time. Touchscreens 'a small step' in innovation 2013-07-10T10:38:27Z The roots of these canines went back to within millimetres of its very small brain case. Ancient sabretooth killer modelled 2013-07-02T15:13:40Z The data show that the two plates are converging at a rate of 78 millimetres per year. A network to track Caribbean hazards 2013-05-22T17:20:32.720Z This is estimated to be raising sea levels by 3 millimetres every year. 'Best estimate' of melting ice caps 2013-05-14T17:00:17Z Layers just a few millimetres thick are now falling out. Curiosity to return to some classic rocks 2013-05-08T22:42:41Z At moments, his chin strap seems to dance millimetres above the track. Marco Márquez's wheels of fire to lift Spain out of sporting gloom 2013-05-04T16:05:31Z He must be quick: flies usually bite within 10 seconds of skin contact and despite their tiny size - less than a millimetre - they are ferocious. African fly-catchers beating disease 2013-05-03T23:19:14Z Inside the booth, shoppers must stand still with their arms in a triangle shape for around 20 seconds The booth works using a system called millimetre wave technology. Finding the perfect fit 2013-04-29T23:31:37Z It is much more exciting to win by a millimetre than a mile, as they know in Manchester. Mansfield Town escape Blue Square and head back to charmed circle 2013-04-21T22:00:01Z But in fact it's a few millimetres shorter and lower than the previous one, which is refreshing. On the road: Honda CR-V i-Dtec Ex 4WD Manual 2013-04-06T08:00:04Z At the moment we are forecast possible light snow showers before midday, then a break, with somewhere between two and eight millimetres. Talking Horses: The latest news and best bets 2013-03-21T10:45:02Z The waves, often no bigger than one millimetre, can then be detected using high-definition cameras. Table-top astrophysics: How to build a multiverse 2013-03-14T16:06:58Z The team cleaved off single crystalline sheets 0.7 millimetres wide and applied the standard test for a topological insulator: photoelectron spectroscopy. Exotic conductors from lab and nature 2013-03-13T18:20:28.630Z ‘Thin is in’ as a design statement, and not a product launch goes by without someone on stage showing a side profile of a few millimetres on their latest device. You Can Have A Thin Or Battery Life In Your iPad Mini... Not Both 2013-03-12T00:27:30Z We've had 13 millimetres of rain throughout the day so far and the local weather forecasts are predicting that to continue, but if it turns colder the showers could turn to snow. First Avenue aimed at Cheltenham after winning Sandown's Imperial Cup 2013-03-09T19:49:17Z Twelve millimetres of rain had been recorded at 2.30pm on top of five millimetres overnight. Cheltenham prospect Flemenstar to be tested for problems after defeat 2013-02-10T19:34:22Z Now he works in microscopic spaces to deliver a pass, accurate to the millimetre, or to score from an inch out. Brains not passion will decide Ireland's Six Nations game with England 2013-02-09T22:00:01Z There were pieces less than a millimetre across, similar in size to the living things in our sample - the phytoplankton, or tiny plants, and zooplankton, or tiny animals. What are long term threats of plastic in our seas? 2013-01-29T13:15:10Z Four millimetres was fine and safe, he says, but the engineers wanted to be closer. 20 reasons why it can take 20 years to build a railway 2013-01-29T13:11:59Z It clearly fails to venture even as far as one millimetre beyond stating the obvious, while high streets slide further into irretrievable decline. It's time the experts took their share of blame for high street woes 2013-01-11T12:44:56Z Just a few millionths of a millimetre in size, the minute machine resembles a ring threaded on a rod. Tiny machine apes production line 2013-01-11T11:40:55Z But just two millimetres of rainfall within the last 24 hours ensured a happy outcome. Talking Horses: The best bets and all the latest racing news 2012-12-31T11:22:15Z "Their fangs are only a few millimetres long at that age, so they probably couldn't break the skin, but they're just as venomous as full-grown snakes," she told told the Associated Press news agency. Deadly snakes in toddler wardrobe 2012-12-21T06:00:39Z She was implanted with two sensors - each four millimetres by four millimetres - in the motor cortex of her brain. Robotic arm 'mind control' hailed 2012-12-17T03:14:32Z Schwartz said that using thinner electrodes, around five thousandths of a millimetre thick, should solve this problem, as they will be too small to trigger the scarring process in the body. Mind over matter helps paralysed woman control robotic arm 2012-12-17T01:00:01Z As a result, cables were found to be millimetres short when sections of A380 superjumbos were delivered for assembly, setting the prestigious project back by years. Airbus chief gambles on giving managers their wings 2012-12-13T11:10:05Z Twenty-one millimetres of rainfall on Thursday and overnight put paid to any chances of the meeting going ahead. Talking Horses: Latest racing news and best bets 2012-11-23T11:26:55Z It's been getting worse and we're up to 27 millimetres of rain now. Talking Horses 2012-11-21T11:49:53Z The size of the grains – about a tenth of a millimetre in diameter, and smaller – makes them sufficiently tiny to be blown vast distances in the Martian wind. Mars rover starts 'to eat dirt' 2012-10-19T10:01:51Z In the eastern region of Abengourou, an analyst reported 19 millimetres of rainfall compared with 45 mm the previous week. Heavy Rains Raise Concerns for Ivory Coast Cocoa 2012-10-15T18:45:05.607Z While obviously smaller in size, the S3 Mini is a millimetre thicker. Samsung announces Galaxy S3 Mini 2012-10-11T17:40:11Z These measured just a few millimetres across and were formed in the late Carnian stage of the Triassic period, around 230 Ma. Amber drops yield ancient mites 2012-08-28T14:55:43Z In the western region of Soubre, in the heart of the cocoa belt, one analyst reported no rainfall compared with 10 millimetres of rain the previous week. Ivory Coast Cocoa Weather Remains Patchy as Disease Spreads 2012-08-27T21:15:02.560Z The one millimetre creepy crawly was recently discovered on Horn Island off the coast of Australia. Attenborough gets his own spider 2012-08-10T06:42:06Z But Pendleton, riding hard and low, unleashed another venomous spurt to ensure that her front wheel finished a millimetre ahead of Meares's. London 2012: Victoria Pendleton bows out after final Olympic showdown 2012-08-07T20:15:04Z It is a millimetre or a millisecond and it's just not going our way. Why Australia fell at the London Olympics 2012-08-07T12:39:22Z "It's a millimetre or a millisecond and it's just not going our way," she said. Australia's Olympic chiefs downgrade London 2012 medal target 2012-08-06T08:30:25Z These contain millions of transistors in a square millimetre and are at present made in silicon-fabrication plants costing $10 billion or more. 3D manufacturing: Print me a phone 2012-07-26T15:11:14Z A shattering exterior a good millimetre thick, with hot and pillowy innards. Olympic park: overthrow of a dictatorchip 2012-07-12T14:30:00Z 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 We need the ability to map all the connections inside a cubic millimetre of brain. Sebastian Seung: you are your connectome 2012-06-09T23:04:02Z However, jumpers deal in millimetres and in a ideal world push the line as close as they can get. West Indies take note: even an innocent no-ball is a criminal offence 2012-05-30T16:38:39Z The pill-sized device is surgically implanted a few millimetres into the motor cortex on the surface of the brain, where its 96 hair-thin electrodes pick up the patient's neural activity. Brain implant allows paralysed woman to control a robot with her thoughts 2012-05-16T17:00:00Z A typical photodetector is made of a silicon chip a few millimetres across onto which light is focused by a small lens. Optoelectronics: Graphene shows its colours 2012-05-10T15:06:15Z In microscopic measurements, the conventional sign for the micromillimetre or the one-thousandth part of a millimetre = one two-thousandth part of a line. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The scanners used in neuroscience today typically have magnet strengths of 3 tesla, which is many thousand times stronger than Earth's magnetic field, and have a resolution of 3 cubic millimetres. Brain imaging: fMRI 2.0 2012-04-04T17:20:52.823Z The exhaustion of the tube is carried to a point at which the discharge breaks through easily, but the pressure should be more than 75 millimetres, at which the ordinary thread discharge occurs. 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 But I kept her to it," said Fr�ulein sternly, "and asked her: 'What are millimetres?' The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z 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 The human spermatozoon is only fifty-four thousandths of a millimetre in length, and from forty-one to fifty-three thousandths of a millimetre are taken up by its flagellum. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z So rather than manipulating objects just a few millionths of a metre across, twisted radio waves could be used to manoeuvre objects several millimetres long. Twisted Radio Waves Could Expand Bandwidth for Mobile Phones 2012-03-03T01:15:00.423Z Whereas modern fleas range from 1 to 10 millimetres in length, the Jurassic and Cretaceous species were between 8 and 21 millimetres. uper-Sized Fleas Adapted to Feed Off Dinosaurs 2012-02-29T22:45:02.817Z With chrome M. Eoelmen has made most brilliant rubies, from two to three millimetres in length, and about as thick as a grain of corn. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The team fabricated a number of the lasers - just 200 millionths of a millimetre high - with a metal rod at their centres, surrounded by a mix of semiconductor materials. Threshold broken for tiny lasers 2012-02-08T19:09:20Z The carvings are described as lasting for 10,000 years per millimetre depth of engraving, which is presumably somewhat speculative – but then again, who’s going to demand a refund? Stone Crazy: SoulCalibur V Immortalised in Granite 2012-02-02T18:22:04Z The ship is slipping about 15 millimetres at the front and seven millimetres an hour at the back. Rescue Crews Face Test at Italian Ship as Weather Worsens 2012-01-20T16:15:02.047Z "There, George!" cried one of the parrots; while the giant tortoise thoughtfully advanced one millimetre. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z The balls in the glass vessel are set at a distance of about three millimetres apart. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z Philip coloured guiltily, and continued:— The cylinders you mention are cast in pairs, and their internal diameter is one hundred millimetres, or— He paused again. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z 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 For this reason things smaller than about a seven-thousandth of a millimetre cannot possibly be seen by a microscope in the ordinary way. 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 Sea levels there are rising by 6 millimetres a year because of a combination of global ocean swelling and local changes. Dam controversy: Remaking the Mekong 2011-10-19T17:20:30.960Z The plugs of iron, or of iron and carbon, are separated by an exceedingly small globule of mercury, the size of which should be between one and a-half and three millimetres. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z "Seven hundred and forty millimetres—a fall of twenty-two millimetres in eight hours," announced Andy, reading the figures from a slip of paper, on which he had noted the captain's reply. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Supposing s = 0.1a, this quantity would be less than one-hundredth of a millimetre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z One of the "first order" has a focal distance of 920 millimetres. 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 As a result, in this preliminary study, surgeons were able to remove tumors less than one millimetre in size. Glowing Cells Guide Cancer Surgeons 2011-09-18T23:15:08.183Z For spark lengths of the order of five to fifteen millimetres, the disruptive voltage in air of ordinary pressure is at the rate of 3,000 volts per millimetre. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z However, the difference between a wrongly cut card and a genuine error is so apparent that it can be detected even without the use of a millimetre scale. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z Two million hydrogen molecules side by side measure a little over one millimetre. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z The artificial diamonds, so far, have not been larger than microscopic specimens, and none has measured more than about half a millimetre across. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z A return to quicker ground saw an improved effort at Market Rasen last time and Bangor has dodged all rain, bar half a millimetre, this week. Talking Horses: Latest news and best bets on Ebor meeting's day three 2011-08-19T10:16:45Z The spark balls are brought within a few millimetres of each other. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z Several millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours, with Durham and Darlington Fire Service describing conditions as "severe". Flood fears spark sandbags plea 2011-08-07T10:25:10Z In prints of adults, measurements may be made in absolute units of length, as in fractions of an inch, or else in millimetres. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z These sections are dissected, using a laser, into slices a millimetre or less thick, and then scanned again, either with the micro-CT or with a scanning electron microscope. Prospecting for oil: Grains of truth 2011-07-27T17:30:46Z After moving ahead early on, Williams survived a reviewed decision as Kirilenko fired millimetres wide on a chance to break back in the fifth. Improving Serena powers through 2011-06-25T15:44:18Z 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 The masses differ considerably in size but never exceed a few millimetres in diameter. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z "I got a tiny flicker - less than half a millimetre - in my right thumb." Panic and pain 2011-06-22T11:31:31Z Between the lines, whose average length is 30 millimetres, there is a variable difference. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z Hence, 30 inches on the English barometer scales correspond to 762 millimetres on the French barometer scales. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z 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 In the typical form their diameter is more than half a millimetre, and they are always of considerable length. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z At hardly half a millimetre in length, they would barely deserve even a slither-on role in Tremors, the scifi spectacular that stars enormous worms that destabilize buildings. Gold mine 2011-06-01T17:20:04.803Z The print table is then lowered by a fraction of a millimetre and the process repeated, with a different mask if required. Three-dimensional printing: An image of the future 2011-05-19T11:03:06Z We were moved millimetre by millimetre to be correctly placed in the camera frame. Extra! Extra! 2011-05-08T00:25:35Z The electrostatic capacity of a condenser formed of two metal surfaces a foot square separated by glass three millimetres in thickness is between 1/360 and 1/400 of a microfarad. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z Most plant cells do not exceed 0·1 to 0·5 millimetres in diameter. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z The bottom of the box is a micrometer plate, divided rectangularly in millimetres. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Same values, types and colors as the prior issue, perforated with 15 holes in the space of two millimetres. History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America 2011-03-14T03:01:03.623Z The antenna is valuable to astronomers because it is designed to probe the Universe using radio waves with wavelengths shorter than 1 millimetre — an under-explored region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Astronomy: Antenna decision makes waves 2011-02-02T18:21:00.790Z After a few moments he observed an amoeba verrucosa, nearly motionless, empty of food, with a large central vesicle, and measuring 1/25th of a millimetre in diameter. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Their greatest volume therefore can only be an eighth of a cubic millimetre. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z It says radiotherapy cures more people than chemotherapy, is 13 times more cost effective and is targeted to within millimetres. Many 'miss out on radiotherapy' 2011-01-28T00:27:48Z As a result David Duckham would burst to within a millimetre of the tryline only to veer off and begin an inexorable and inexplicable charge back to his own 22. The day video almost killed the Subbuteo star 2011-01-28T00:06:01Z A jumble of radula teeth, each of which is only two or three millimetres in length. Ammonite diet revealed in X-rays 2011-01-06T19:03:40Z As first noticed, this amoeba was one-eighth of a millimetre long, with a number of conical pseudopods projecting from the front border, which was one-sixteenth of a millimetre wide. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z That is necessary, as any orthopaedic surgeon knows, because if a gap of more than a few millimetres is left between fragments the bone will never heal. Orthopaedics: Plastic surgery 2010-12-29T10:57:07Z House dust mites are barely visible to the human eye, measuring less than half a millimetre long. Dust mites 'swarm' around houses 2010-12-21T10:02:48Z As, however, these measurements are not easily remembered, it is better to give the actual measurements in inches or millimetres of a page of an uncut copy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z There may be around 15 to 20 millimetres, then 5-10mm by midday. Forecast of heavy rain threatens day of disruption at the Open 2010-07-14T18:28:00Z Within the space of a minute, Vorsah's header missed Uruguay's left-hand post by millimetres while Gyan's shot flew past the right-hand post by a similar margin. World Cup 2010: Ghana capture the imagination as Africa's dreams die 2010-07-02T23:01:00Z So it was enormously refreshing to hear Jean Beausejour, one of Chile's many bright lights at this World Cup, suggest today that his side would not deviate "a millimetre" from their up-and-at-'em approach. World Cup 2010: Confident Chile say they will attack Brazil 2010-06-27T16:34:00Z With the going described as good, good to firm in places, clerk of the course Andrew Cooper will put about six millimetres of water on the track. Talking Horses: Today's best bets and live news 2010-05-30T10:38:00Z Required to use the utmost finesse as they guide their 700-horsepower missiles within millimetres of unforgiving steel barriers, the drivers know that whoever wins will join a particularly illustrious list of heroes. Monaco grand prix: The race where heroes are made 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z Some of the exchanges were breathtaking, with the error count low and winners ripping into the clay millimetres from the line on either wing. Nadal beats Ferrer to take Rome title 2010-05-02T21:04:00Z He told BBC World Service they were about a millimetre in size and looked like jellyfish in a protective shell. First oxygen-free animals found 2010-04-08T14:36:00Z It's likely that we won't change a millimetre from what we have been doing, regardless of our rival. World Cup 2010: Confident Chile say they will attack Brazil 2010-06-27T16:34:00Z I am talking of probably putting about a quarter of an inch, six millimetres, on the track as a whole. Talking Horses: Today's best bets and live news 2010-05-30T10:38:00Z "But it took us three hours to make this structure, so if you wanted to make it even one millimetre in size you would have to wait a very long time." Invisibility cloak created in 3-D 2010-03-18T19:13:00Z "We will be watering selectively to maintain good ground, putting on between three and five millimetres," Simon Claisse, the clerk of the course, said last night. Big Zeb triumphs as Master Minded flops 2010-03-17T21:17:00Z It's called wide - but it can only have been by millimetres. 2010-01-20T08:19:00Z As the ground rushed by two millimetres beneath her body, she turned her antennae downward, enough to almost touch the earth, and swung them from side to side. 2010-01-18T05:00:00Z 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 The pump will reduce the pressure within a 6-litre bulb from 10 millimetres to .00001 millimetre of mercury in fifteen minutes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Three thousand millimetres above the ground, for the whole distance from bush to bush over that single coil of rope those two creatures crawled. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies For the larger blow-pipe, the internal diameter of A may be fifteen to seventeen millimetres. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students There are also certain special units, such as the hectare, which is equal to a square hectometre, and the micron, which is 1⁄1000 of a millimetre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Osmotic Pressure follows the Laws of Gaseous Pressure.—This osmotic pressure is in fact gaseous pressure, and may be measured in millimetres of mercury in just the same way. The Mechanism of Life This pump is said to be simple and rapid in action, and capable of exhausting an 11-litre bulb from atmospheric pressure to .00001 millimetre in eighty seconds. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The next pier was in a clump of bushes thirty-five hundred millimetres away, not in a direct course, but angling slightly across the field. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies For the smaller instrument, eleven millimetres for the diameter of A would be a useful size. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students The growth or rapid turgescence takes place, according to the same p. 9writer, at the pace of one millimetre in three minutes. Springtime and Other Essays Into this solution we dropped a fragment of fused calcium chloride, and obtained a vermiform growth some 6 millimetres in diameter. The Mechanism of Life It is necessary, therefore, in examining blood diseases, to confine ourselves to the study of the blood-unit, which is always taken as the cubic millimetre, without reference to the number of units in the body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Nearly fifteen hundred millimetres distant was another and taller bush in which pier No. 1 of the bridge was built. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies |
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