The expression "world's smallest violin" is often used to mock exaggerated complaints. It is believed to have originated in a ...

Narrower than the width of a human hair, it boasts equal parts meme and engineering potential, and serves as a cheeky proof ...

A team of physicists from a British university used nanotechnology to create what they dubbed "the world's smallest violin," ...

Physicists at the UK's Loughborough University have printed the "world's smallest violin" in platinum, measuring 13 x 35 ...

British scientists have created the world’s smallest violin – inside a human hair. Physicists at Loughborough University used ...

Meet the three-inch violin. Venezuelan violinist Baltazar Monaca plays Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A Minor on what's been described as "the world’s smallest violin." That's some nimble finger work.

If you’re actually sad, the world’s smallest violin is a patronising and unwelcome reaction. But where did it come from? Sometimes, annoying things happen. There’s no toilet paper when you really need ...

There’s no better way to express mock sympathy than by playing the “world’s smallest violin,” but the sad song you mime can now actually be heard. Enterprising minds at creative studio ...

“We have developed what is, to our knowledge, the world’s smallest pacemaker,” Northwestern bioelectronics pioneer Professor John Rogers, who led the development project, said. “There’s ...

The world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube might have the world’s highest price tag, too. The fully functional six-sided puzzle cube by Japanese toymaker MegaHouse is so tiny it could fit under a ...

There’s no better way to express mock sympathy than by playing the “world’s smallest violin,” but the sad song you mime can now actually be heard. Enterprising minds at creative studio ...