Scientists Create World's Tiniest "Ear" 64
sciencehabit writes "If you've ever wondered what a virus sounds like, or what noise a bacterium makes when it moves between hosts, you may soon get your chance to find out. Scientists have created the world's tiniest ear. The 'nano-ear,' a microscopic particle of gold trapped by a laser beam, can detect sound a million times fainter than the threshold for human hearing. Researchers suggest the work could open up a whole new field of 'acoustic microscopy,' in which organisms are studied using the sound they emit."
Finally (Score:5, Funny)
Big Deal (Score:5, Funny)
If I wanted to know what parasitic bacteria sound like, I could just as easily turn on C-SPAN.
And the first words we hear ... (Score:4, Funny)
Turn that damn light off, you jerks!
Coupled with a real good microscope.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Coupled with a real good microscope.. (Score:5, Funny)
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Oh yeah...
Re:I would call it microphone (Score:4, Funny)