Below is a pebbly foundation of macadamia nut brittle -- minute bits that shatter like ice in your mouth.
Individual carbon nanotubes, which resemble minute bits of string, can be assembled to form ribbons or sheets that are ultrathin but extraordinarily strong, light, and electrically conductive.
Scientists are learning to find minute bits of mutant DNA in tissue samples or bodily fluids that may signal the presence of hidden or incipient cancers.
For years, the brothels' large street-side windows have showcased women of all races, wearing minute bits of clothing as they preened and beckoned customers.
Over the years, 137 spacecraft have exploded or broken up in orbit, leaving the earth encased in a shell of swarf.Even minute bits of scrap can wreak impressive destruction when they are travelling at several kilometres a second.
But the truth was, even without the incentive of a reward, he loved studying the ground like this, directing his gaze and his entire mind onto minute bits of earth as they passed below him.
Four shows have already been given the go-ahead, including a short-form comedy that can be described, in classic high-concept Hollywood style, as "The Office" meets "Reno 911" meets "Airplane," doled out in two-and-a-half minute bits starting this fall.
A few air samples collected by scientists from HV Environmental in buildings two to four blocks north of the trade center held traces of asbestos fibers, many of which were broken into unusually minute bits that probably pose less of a health threat than long fibers but which, in their abundance, still pose some risks, scientists say.
This is when you learn to scan rather than read, and to ignore phone calls and e-mails--except, of course, the ones that might provide the missing last minute bits and pieces.
