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Human hair
Coverage of Human hair in the Nexus archive.
- Uber reveals list of most bizarre lost-and-found items: breast milk to an ankle monitor
Uber released its 10th-year list of bizarre lost-and-found items, including dentures with two teeth, breast milk, human hair, a Donny Osmond group picture, and an ankle monitor. The company also announced a new app feature allowing customers to report lost items and request return trips from drivers.
- Scientists trap light in a layer 1,000x thinner than hair
Scientists have created a nanoscale structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick—over 1,000 times thinner than a human hair, paving the way for smaller, faster photonic technologies.