There's a Huge Problem With Nanoscientists' "World's Smallest Violin"

A team of nanoscientists in the UK say they've created the "world's smallest violin," which many public figures could probably use this week.

Narrower than the width of a human hair, it boasts equal parts meme and engineering potential, and serves as a cheeky proof of concept for a cutting-edge approach to designing structures at the smallest scales that humans can possibly tinker at.

But if you were hoping for some literal fiddling on a dust-speck-sized Stradivarius, think again. What the researchers have actually created is a microscopic image of a violin etched on to the surface a little chip, not a playable instrument.

That said, it's still an impressive achievement. The image is finely detailed and unmistakably a depiction of a violin, despite being just 35 microns — that's one mil