A group of physicists from Loughborough University in the UK has recently turned the phrase “playing the world’s smallest ...

You may hear references to playing the world's smallest violin when someone is being overly whiny or wallowing in self-pity, and now scientists have turned the joke into an actual microscopic object.

While the violin may have started as a whimsical demonstration of precision, it now plays a serious role in science. It was ...

The phrase “the world’s smallest violin” is dripping with sarcasm and reserved for disdain, but for some researchers it’s a mark of pride. Thanks to the latest nanotechnology tools, a team at the ...

British physicists claim they’ve created the “world’s smallest violin” — and, by the looks of it, they could take a bow for their masterpiece invention. The brainy bunch at Loughborough ...

The world’s smallest violin—tinier than the width of a human hair—has been crafted by scientists in the U.K. In what sounds like the perfect birthday gag gift, the platinum-built violin ...

Scientists create 'world's smallest violin' 5 June 2025. Share Save. Matt Taylor. BBC News, Leicester. Share Save. Loughborough University.

Playing the world's saddest tune on the tiniest violin is no longer just a gesture. Using Google's Project Silo, Design I/O taught the system to recognize hand gestures and play a violin solo.

It is a project unlikely to elicit much sympathy, but physicists at Loughborough University have laboured to create the world’s smallest violin. The tiny instrument, which can only be seen under ...

Playing the world’s tiniest violin used to be a way to dismiss over-sensitive whiners, but now, thanks to the good folks over at cutting edge design studio [Design I/O], it’s the description ...