A bit of information, a 1 or a 0, can be indicated by a pencil mark in a checkbox, by a microscopic spot on a magnetic disk or by the briefest pulse of electricity or scintilla of light.
Whenever the hint of a scintilla of a suggestion arises that perhaps billionaires could contribute a tiny, wee, microscopic bit more to our society, you can expect the Republicans to respond with one particular term.
Over the last decade scientists had started to look at ancient plaque samples under a microscope, hoping to find microscopic bits of food stuck in its hard matrix.
(Steel is a blend of microscopic bits of iron and carbon, among other things).
Bones are in a constant state of remodeling — dissolving microscopic bits of old bone, a process called resorption, and rebuilding new bone.
That's the conclusion of a new study, which finds that microscopic bits of potassium-rich salt spewed skyward by trees and fungi may be seeding much of the region's precipitation.
It is not an easy project: the best doughnuts involve a wet, sticky dough, obscene amounts of butter, sugar and fat, and microscopic bits of it all clinging to the walls of your kitchen.
There may be exceptions, of course; microscopic bits you don't mind.
The computer allowed him to do this repeatedly -- hundreds and thousands of times, removing microscopic bits and flecks of tones and rumbles and hisses.
This time, it is something called "cash-active" yarn, cashmere imbedded with microscopic bits of ceramic that protect the wearer from UV rays and help keep the body cool on hot summer days.
