How to Use microstructure in a Sentence
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There, the microstructures don't have the characteristics of the ultra-black plumage.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2018
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Researchers are using specialized x-rays to study the microstructures of the skull in hopes of making better helmets for the military.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2019
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In contrast, the study on the Centrosaurus bone used DNA sequencing to understand the nature of the genetic traces inside it—but did not look at its microstructure.
—Riley Black, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2020
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Once the feathers began to slide too far apart, tiny microstructures that stick out like hooks on top of one feather meet a set of ridges on the underside of the other feather, locking them into place.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
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The researchers also found this scattering microstructure in the photon-eating black feathers that surround the patch of color.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 30 Apr. 2021
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The dissolving microstructures are able to do the same thing without actually damaging the skin.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 19 July 2018
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Scientists analyzed one of the beads in 2013 and found that its microstructure and composition were very similar to that of an iron meteorite.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
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All are similar in arrangement and microstructure to modern birds.
—Ryan C. McKellar, National Geographic, 28 June 2016
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Steel, although hard overall, varies in hardness throughout its microstructure.
—Meagan Cantwell, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2020
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Mantis shrimp have a super tough armor made of an impact-resistant microstructure.
—Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, 13 July 2019
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Based on research from the 1960s, Lentink says, there was a previous understanding that birds had hook-like microstructures on their feathers that created friction.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
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Rather than just letting acne-fighting ingredients lie on the surface of the skin, the microstructure technology allows them to really get in there.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 19 July 2018
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Blue feathers also get their color from microstructures, since digestion destroys blue pigments in birds.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
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To examine the microstructure of sidewinder scales, her team used an atomic force microscope to scan naturally shed snake skins, provided by institutions such as the Atlanta Zoo.
—New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
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For example, the paper shows that there will be permanent changes in the microstructure of cementum in someone who has suffered systemic illness, and this can be accurately dated.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 25 Mar. 2020
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Microgravity changes to the microstructure of the brain have also been reported, including changes to the structural connectivity of the networks of neurons.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
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These materials spread impact around and dissipate energy in an ideal way for the microstructure needed in a body armor design.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022
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Its outer feathers are waterproof because of an interlocking microstructure that the duck constantly fusses over, tidying the feathers and distributing preen oil from a gland near its tail.
—Helen Czerski, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
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In 2016, an analysis of wings preserved in amber, which most likely belonged to a juvenile enantiornithe, revealed that the bird’s feathers were similar in arrangement and microstructure to the feathers of living avians.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 Mar. 2018
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In particular, the microstructure of the dinosaur’s femur shows a feature called an External Fundamental System, accepted as a marker of fully adult body size.
—Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 19 June 2017
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Enlarge / Artist's representation of the microstructure of Velcro.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2021
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In the future, the team hopes to put its technology to more practical uses by affixing microstructures that can detect specific molecules onto optical fibers.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 May 2018
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In samples from their 68-million-year-old T. rex, Schweitzer and colleagues spotted microstructures commonly seen in modern collagen, such as periodic bands every 65 nanometers, which reflect how the fibers assemble.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 13 Sep. 2017
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Dubbed Ada, the robot mixed different solutions, cast them in films, performed heat treatments and other processing steps, tested the films' conductivity, evaluated their microstructure, and logged the results.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 11 Dec. 2019
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This hybrid result came from the combination of two conventional methods of microstructure formation.
—Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2017
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Super black is an effect created by unique scales whose microstructure extinguishes over 99 percent of light to create surreal voids, making other colors appear more brilliant.
—Jesse Hawley, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2021
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The robot probed beneath the worn surface of Mars, analyzing the microstructure of rocks and soil with a sophisticated array of instruments: spectrometers, microscopic imagers, and other tools.
—Aline Reynolds, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
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Each participant’s white matter microstructure was measured using non-invasive, diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging at the beginning and end of six months of dance classes.
—Monte Whaley, The Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2017
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