Scientists create microscopic noodle bowl using nanotechnology

Friday 30th May, 07:19 AM JST

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jmcalli at 11:35 AM JST - 30th May

This is how the Japanese stay so slender.
romulus3 at 12:05 PM JST - 30th May

altria,

Agreed. the headline should read "Portions set to become stingier"
DenshaDeGO at 12:35 PM JST - 30th May

What is Heaven's name was the point of doing this?
Bovinus at 02:22 PM JST - 30th May

The advancement of science maybe? It's awesome that we're at this stage already. Soon billions of nanobots will be living in our bodies, repairing everything and preventing all kinds of diseases and aging itself. Go science!
capone at 03:03 PM JST - 30th May

“We believe it’s the world’s smallest ramen bowl, with the smallest portion of noodles inside.." you mean there's not a race to see who can make the most useless science project ? i'm shocked
Noripinhead at 03:34 PM JST - 30th May

This is funny. It reminds me of the perennial world's longest yakitori stick records. When most of the world isn't even in the running, you are sure to break records.
Nessie at 04:14 PM JST - 30th May

A bowl, or a bowl of noodles; not a noodle bowl.

I hope it comes in oo-mori.
cwhite at 06:58 PM JST - 30th May

people always strive for the biggest, smallest, tallest, quietest, brightest, darkest, lightest, fastest, blah blah even slowest in just about anything...
oneinafew at 08:32 PM JST - 30th May

Quote A bowl, or a bowl of noodles; not a noodle bowl.

Nessie - how would you explain the difference between a tea cup and a cup of tea then?
Nessie at 08:32 PM JST - 30th May

A shoe-in for an IgNobel.
some14some at 07:21 AM JST - 31st May

may be they will feed these noodles to mice, increase their production and increase their further experiments on this 'mouse community' !
keshii at 05:49 PM JST - 31st May

one in a few- A 'noodle bowl' would be a bowl made out of noodles. Clearly this is not the case :)
timeon at 10:52 PM JST - 31st May

I have a problem with this. These guys play around with the tax money. Since they say "we did it for fun", and moreover the media praises their work, I can just feel frustrated at the way my taxes are spent. But I like to believe they just did it as a demonstration for some actually useful technology they are developing
Paolosan at 11:23 PM JST - 31st May

Draemon; dokodemo dowa...Nanotechnology; nandemo mono. Yessshh, strength greater than steel for use in electronics and medicine.
Nessie at 07:50 PM JST - 3rd June

Nessie - how would you explain the difference between a tea cup and a cup of tea then?

I'd explain it just the way you did, Once. But the distinction in the cas of bowls is that teacups generally are used only for tea. A bowl is a more general peice of tableware.