A group of physicists from Loughborough University in the UK has recently turned the phrase “playing the world’s smallest violin” into reality. While the expression often pokes fun at someone who’s ...

The violin is a microscopic image rather than a playable instrument and has not been officially confirmed as the world's ...

Physicists at Loughborough University have used cutting-edge nanotechnology to create what they believe may be "the world's smallest violin," which is small enough to fit within the width of a ...

The phrase “the world’s smallest violin” is dripping with sarcasm and reserved for disdain, ... The violin is etched on a small glass chip coated in polymer. Credit: Loughborough University.

Scientists in the United Kingdom have made what may be the world's smallest violin, using advanced nanotechnology. The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from ...

Physicists at England’s Loughborough University employed the use of nanotechnology to create what they are touting is “the world’s smallest violin,” which is no bigger than a spec… ...

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.

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