You may hear references to playing the world's smallest violin when someone is being overly whiny or wallowing in self-pity, and now scientists have turned the joke into an actual microscopic object.

In a sealed room at Loughborough University, where even a mote of dust could sabotage the work, a group of physicists have crafted a violin so small it could sit on the back of an amoeba. It’s just 35 ...

Microscopic image of the world's smallest violin created by Loughborough University physicists, Microscopic chip bearing the image of the world's smallest violin British physicists claim they’ve ...

A platinum fiddle that's just 35 microns in length and 13 microns in width is believed to be the world's smallest violin, measuring just a fraction of a tardigrade or the diameter of an average human ...

Physicists at Loughborough University have used cutting-edge nanotechnology to create what they believe may be "the world's smallest violin," which is small enough to fit within the width of a human ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom have made what may be the world's smallest violin, using advanced nanotechnology. The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from platinum ...

A team of nanoscientists in the UK say they’ve created the “world’s smallest violin,” which many public figures could probably use this week. Narrower than the width of a human hair, it boasts equal ...

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British physicists claim they’ve created the “world’s smallest violin” — and, by the looks of it, they could take a bow for their masterpiece invention. The brainy bunch at Loughborough University ...