Scientists create world’s tiniest violin —and it’s only visible with a microscope By . Angela Barbuti. Published June 14, 2025. Updated June 14, 2025, 3:19 p.m. ET.

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 ...

The scientists created the violin, which is just a microscopic image and isn’t playable, as a test of the school’s new nanolithography system, which allows them to build and study structures ...

The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research. ... Scientists create 'world's smallest violin' 5 June 2025. Share Save. Matt Taylor. BBC News, Leicester.

British scientists have created the world’s smallest violin – inside a human hair. Physicists at Loughborough University used cutting-edge nanotechnology to create the minuscule fiddle. The ...

Physics Phantom notes played by violins turn out to be a real sound. For hundreds of years it's been known that a mysterious third note can be heard when playing two notes together on a violin ...

The 18th-century violin, nicknamed ‘the cannon’ thanks to its powerful sound, is undergoing scientific tests to diagnose the root cause of its brilliance. Paganini’s favourite violin has been X-rayed ...

The phrase "can you hear the world's smallest violin playing just for you?" is thought to have first appeared on an episode of TV show M*A*S*H in 1978, and usually mocks overly dramatic complaints.