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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.
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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
Scented wax melts produced three times more nanoparticles than candles, reaching similar levels of nanoparticles three nanometers or smaller as indoor stoves and diesel engines.
—Simon Spichak, Health, 5 Mar. 2025
Many devices emit red light with wavelengths between 630 and 700 nanometers.
—Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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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
Scented wax melts produced three times more nanoparticles than candles, reaching similar levels of nanoparticles three nanometers or smaller as indoor stoves and diesel engines.
—Simon Spichak, Health, 5 Mar. 2025
Many devices emit red light with wavelengths between 630 and 700 nanometers.
—Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 13 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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