British physicists claim they’ve created the “world’s smallest violin” — and, by the looks of it, they could take a bow for their masterpiece invention. The brainy bunch at Loughborough ...

A team of physicists from a British university used nanotechnology to create what they dubbed "the world's smallest violin," an instrument that can't be seen without a microscope.

British physicists claim they’ve created the “world’s smallest violin” — and, by the looks of it, they could take a bow for their masterpiece invention. The brainy bunch at Loughborough ...

The 'world's smallest violin' created by Loughborough University physicists. Image Credit: Loughborough University The violin is made of platinum and measures just 35 microns long and 13 microns wide, ...

The institution said the violin had not been officially confirmed as the world's smallest, though it is smaller than the diameter of a human hair, which typically measures 17 to 180 microns (a ...

The phrase “the world’s smallest violin” is dripping with sarcasm and reserved for disdain, but for some researchers it’s a mark of pride. Thanks to the latest nanotechnology tools, a team ...

The tiny violin is made of platinum and is just 35 microns (35 millionths of a meter) long and 13 wide. To put that into perspective, a human hair is typically around 17 to 180 microns in diameter ...

And voilà: you have the "world's smallest violin" — quotes mandatory — recognizable only under a microscope and appearing to the naked eye as no more than a speck of dust on its chip canvas.

Physicists at Loughborough University in England have built what they believe to be the world’s smallest violin — so small that it could sit within a width of a human hair. Made from platinum and ...

June 6 (UPI) -- A team of physicists from a British university used nanotechnology to create what they dubbed "the world's smallest violin," an instrument that can't be seen without a microscope ...