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  • noun Plural form of microsphere.

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  • The reputation / authority economy in the blogosphere, & how that creates & encourages "microspheres" - communities of shared interest with similar authority levels.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • The reputation / authority economy in the blogosphere, & how that creates & encourages "microspheres" - communities of shared interest with similar authority levels.

    The Challenge of Blog-Community Participation - Freshblog 2006

  • The team has developed a polymer hydrogel loaded with "microspheres" - which are like tiny, microscopic beads - filled with anti-inflammatory medication.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Far more interesting to me is the notion of microspheres and authority.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • Far more interesting to me is the notion of microspheres and authority.

    The Challenge of Blog-Community Participation - Freshblog 2006

  • The microscope, which is technically a nanoscope, uses tiny (between 2 and 9 micrometers--millionths of a meter--across) glass beads (called microspheres) to gather these evanescent waves, refocus them, and channel them into a standard microscope viewable under normal lights.

    CNET News.com 2011

  • The mAbs or pMHCs were mounted on tiny beads called microspheres that can be guided into place by laser beams.

    Biosingularity Snowcrash 2010

  • Other products in development include rapidly-dissolving, drug-eluting and/or radio-labelled microspheres as well as biodegradable coils and stents for use in aneurysms that are not conducive to treatment with microspheres.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The mAbs or pMHCs were mounted on tiny beads called microspheres that can be guided into place by laser beams.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • The volume of content in the blogosphere is too great to navigate comprehensively, and so we define our own "microspheres" and navigate those.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

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