ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TWEEZERS
Plural of tweezer (on the model of scissors, etc), from tweeze case of instruments, from French étuis cases (of instruments), from Old French estuier to preserve, from Vulgar Latin studiāre (unattested) to keep, from Latin studēre to care about.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWEEZERS»
Discover the use of
tweezers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tweezers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Laser
Tweezers in Cell Biology
Volume 55 in Methods in Cell Biology is a concise laboratory book that emphasizes the methods and technologies needed to use single polarized laser light source that functions simultaneously as an optical trap and a dual-beam interferometer ...
2
Optical
Tweezers: Methods and Applications
The book concludes with a section on emerging applications of optical tweezers in microfluidic systems --
Miles J. Padgett, Justin E. Molloy, David McGloin, 2010
Each book explains how young students can use simple tools to explore the world around them. With simple sentences and colorful photographs, this series corresponds directly to science standards.
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Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry
1 ~31 One class of hosts is the molecular tweezers, defined by Whitlock as
receptors in which two, flat, generally aromatic "pincers" or chromophores are
linked by a rigid spacer to provide an approximately two-dimensional cleft into
which a ...
J. L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed, 2004
Owen had a fuzzy yellow blanket. "Fuzzy goes where I go," said Owen. But Mrs. Tweezers disagreed. She thought Owen was too old for a blanket. Owen disagreed. No matter what Mrs.
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Direct Measurement of Colloidal Interactions with ...
Single-beam gradient force particle traps, also known as optical tweezers, were
developed by Ashkin and coworkers [5] to trap small dielectric particles in
solution. The simplest realization of an optical tweezer, schematically
represented in Fig ...
7
The Manual of Dental Assisting
Locking tweezers are also quite popular for items that need to be held firmly.
College tweezers are used to convey objects such as cotton pellets, cotton rolls
and small lengths of wire to and from the mouth. The beaks of tweezers may
distort ...
8
Analysis of Sperm Motility and Physiology Using Optical
Tweezers
7.1 Introduction Single spot, gradient force laser tweezers were first used to
manipulate single cells in the 1980's (Ashkin et al. 1987) and soon thereafter
were applied to subcellular organelles, such as chromosomes on the mitotic
spindle ...
Jaclyn Marie Nascimento, 2008
WHEN YOU'RE CORNERED Shaped from Odds and Ends, These Handy Little
Tools in Delicate Work, and Often Get You Out of a Tight 1 Stock -for a dozen
different kinds of tweezers 2 Strips of the blade steel are trimmed roughly can be
had ...
10
Handbook of Single-Molecule Biophysics
Typical dumbbell optical tweezers experiments attach the protein of interest with
two ∼200-nm-long doublestranded DNA (dsDNA) spacers to the beads [5].
Therefore, the hybrid system consists of dsDNA with LS = 400 nm and a
polypeptide ...
Peter Hinterdorfer, Antoine van Oijen, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWEEZERS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tweezers is used in the context of the following news items.
WATCH: Woman pulls parasite out of her LEG with eyebrow tweezers
One woman got more than she bargained for when she took a pair of tweezers to a scab on her leg. In a seriously stomach-churning moment, the lady yanks and ... «Express.co.uk, Jun 15»
Lady pulls huge lump of earwax from man's ear in horrendous video
Using a pair of tweezers, the woman begins tugging at a piece of earwax, which at this point appears to be relatively small. She has a few attempts at trying to ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
Research in the news: Optical tweezers manipulate key protein …
Research in the news: Optical tweezers manipulate key protein involved HIV ... The “optical tweezers” allowed researchers to apply tiny forces to a single protein ... «Yale News, May 15»
Acoustic tweezers device expands the range of X-ray crystallography
(A) Schematic of an acoustic tweezers device used to manipulate protein crystals (B) A photograph of the device compared to a US quarter (C) Clusters of ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
Man pulls world's longest ingrown HAIR out of his face
Then, using a pair of pink tweezers to make the whole procedure a little more stylish, he starts pulling the clump of black hair from his cheek. What goes on from ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
Acoustic tweezers manipulate cell-to-cell contact
"Optical tweezers are the gold-standard technique in the field," said Tony Jun Huang, professor of engineering science and mechanics. "They can trap two cells ... «Phys.Org, Dec 14»
Thick clothing saves woman from serious injury in tweezer stabbing …
ENGLEWOOD — A 23-year-old Englewood woman faces charges for repeatedly stabbing a former friend with a large pair of tweezers after an argument ... «NJ.com, Dec 14»
Research team develops aerosol optical tweezers
The AOT-100 Aerosol Optical Tweezers, which is capable of holding and manipulating single or multiple particles for indefinite lengths of time using light, is the ... «Phys.Org, Oct 14»
VIDEO: Friends use tweezers to pull out moth and tick from man's ear
Friends came to the rescue of a man who complained of bugs shuffling around inside his head by carefully pulling out a moth and a tick that somehow crawled ... «New York Daily News, Oct 14»
Tilted acoustic tweezers separate cells gently
Previous work by Huang showed that acoustic tweezers work by setting up a standing surface acoustic wave. If two sound sources are placed opposite each ... «Phys.Org, Aug 14»
