How to Use microparticle in a Sentence

microparticle

noun
  • The team also plans to make the microparticles compatible with more drugs.
    — WIRED, 2023-06-26
  • Adding dyes and microparticles to the water and illuminating them with lasers helped capture the flows on high-speed video.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2024-02-02
  • The researchers found microplastics and microparticles, both of which are bits of debris less than 5 millimeters long.
    — Wired, 2019-10-03
  • The trees will also reduce water runoff and filter pollutions and microparticles from the atmosphere.
    — David Williams, CNN, 2019-10-30
  • And after burial in a bog for a few thousand years, hair is often fatally contaminated with dust and microparticles.
    — Christian Als, Smithsonian, 2017-05-29
  • Offering local delivery once every three days for up to six months, these hollow microparticles could really pack a punch against cancer.
    — Popular Science, 2020-03-17
  • Both pregnant gray whales and lactating gray whales who feed off the Oregon Coast consume up to 21 million plastic microparticles per day.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 2023-08-16
  • Scientists found that many microplastics do indeed sink and accumulate on the seafloor, and that the highest concentrations of microparticles were in areas that received large volumes of wastewater and stormwater discharges.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2019-10-02
  • The microparticles in the robots themselves have only a weak magnetic field, and the fields that are applied to active the robot are no more dangerous than those experienced during an MRI.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 2018-06-13
  • But the new development, featuring a tiny bot made out of magnetic microparticles and polymer, is a huge step forward in biocompatible personalized and targeted drug delivery.
    — New Atlas, 2024-10-25
  • Meanwhile, a deadly, self-replicating, microparticle structure is growing exponentially, eating the jungle and killing nearby tribal habitants.
    — Don Oldenburg, USA TODAY, 2019-11-15
  • Mechanical engineers at Stanford have come up with a solution: N95 masks that protect from viruses and other microparticles, but also circulate oxygen.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2020-04-15
  • These are capable of monitoring nearly every element of a home, including the current temperature, pressure, pollution levels, density, type of microparticles in the air, lighting and sound levels.
    — Jyoti Prasad Bhatt, Forbes, 2023-02-22
  • Food Additives Food additives such as aluminum, titanium dioxide (TiO2), and microparticles/nanoparticles.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 2024-10-28

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