Mini-bull. (Physical News).Sculptor Satoshi Kawaka has never been to art school, nor will his work ever appear in a museum. In fact, it won't appear anywhere at all, unless you look under an extremely powerful microscope. That's because Kawaka's sculpture is no bigger than a single human red blood cell red blood cell: see blood. . In August, Kawaka, a physicist at Japan's Osaka University Home to many elite and renowned alumni of CEOs, lawyers, doctors, scientists, bureaucrats, and a Nobel laureate, as well as to many advanced research centers, Osaka University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan and Asia. , created the world's tiniest sculpture, dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. the "micro bull." How small is small? At 10 microns (10-millionths of a meter) long--nearly a thousand could sprawl on the tip of your thumb. Kawaka used a laser (high-energy light) to sculpt sculpt v. sculpt·ed, sculpt·ing, sculpts v.tr. 1. To sculpture (an object). 2. To shape, mold, or fashion especially with artistry or precision: the 3-D bull out of resin, a brittle material made from hardened liquid. Kawaka hopes the decorative sculpture will inspire micro-medical machines that can travel through the bloodstream to diagnose and treat disease. And that's no bull. |
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