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These sheets remain suspended in liquid and measure over one micron across, much larger than those made with traditional mechanical methods.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Lab tests showed that even a microns-thick transparent layer of the new lotions effectively blocked UV light.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
To resolve an Earth-size planet at 10 microns at a distance of about 30 light-years would require a telescope aperture approaching 20 meters (65.6 feet).
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Wildfire smoke falls under the category of pollutants known as PM2.5, which describes particles in the air smaller than 2.5 microns.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Lab tests showed that even a microns-thick transparent layer of the new lotions effectively blocked UV light.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
To resolve an Earth-size planet at 10 microns at a distance of about 30 light-years would require a telescope aperture approaching 20 meters (65.6 feet).
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Wildfire smoke falls under the category of pollutants known as PM2.5, which describes particles in the air smaller than 2.5 microns.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Micron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micron. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän 
Medical Definition
micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän
: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
called also micrometer, mu
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