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One aspect of these models concerns particles within clouds, which are sometimes only nanometers wide, that need to be scaled up and measured across the surface of the Earth.
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Tom Brown, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Berkeley Lab nanoparticle specialist Emory Chan says the new nanoparticles—which at tens of nanometers across are about the size of many features on modern microchips—could provide a similar switching behavior for optical systems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2025
Individual pixels were shrunk to 90 nanometers – about the size of a virus – and a record 127,000 of them were crammed into every inch of a display.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2025
Other studies on infrared light, which has a longer wavelength of at least 800 nanometers that penetrates deeper into the skin, suggest that there's potential for the treatment to speed up muscle recovery.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
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Tom Brown, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Berkeley Lab nanoparticle specialist Emory Chan says the new nanoparticles—which at tens of nanometers across are about the size of many features on modern microchips—could provide a similar switching behavior for optical systems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2025
Individual pixels were shrunk to 90 nanometers – about the size of a virus – and a record 127,000 of them were crammed into every inch of a display.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2025
Other studies on infrared light, which has a longer wavelength of at least 800 nanometers that penetrates deeper into the skin, suggest that there's potential for the treatment to speed up muscle recovery.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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nanometer
noun
nano·me·ter
variants
or chiefly British nanometre
: one billionth of a meter
—abbreviation nm
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