In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics — two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics — a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

It has certainly got itself into a tight squeeze, but the world's smallest car has every right to be there.

Tucked in between two vans in London's Piccadilly Circus, the Peel P50 is parked squarely by its new home. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Standing at just 2ft 5in high, He Pingping, from China, has been officially named the smallest man in the world.

Svetlana Pankratova, meanwhile, owns the longest legs in the world, which stretch to 132cm. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A teenager from India who stands at a tiny 1ft 11in (58cm) tall is the smallest girl in the world.

Jyoti Amge, 14, is shorter than the average two-year-old child and only weighs 11lb (5kg). picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

You sure won't stuff yourself with this. But it's realy cool... the smallest burger meal you've ever seen. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The India’s smallest land vertebrate, a 10-millimeter frog, has been discovered from the Western Ghats of Kerala by Delhi University Systematics Biologist, S D Biju and his colleagues. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The teenager, who is 18 in October, is just two feet tall and is set to take the official crown from 2ft 5in He Ping Ping of China. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Perry Watkins has built a car from a children’s coin-operated amusement ride. The Briton, who holds the record for the world’s lowest car, claims his micro machine is the world’s smallest car. His Lilliputian ride is 51 inches long, 39 inches tall and just 26 inches wide. Check out the video. picked by suebe 7 months ago

The achievement helps enable the development of such innovations as nanolasers that can probe, manipulate and characterize DNA molecules; optics-based telecommunications many times faster than current technology; and optical computing in which light replaces electronic circuitry with a corresponding leap in speed and processing power. picked by kakana 3 months ago

One of the world's tiniest primates has created a huge burst of excitement after coming out of hiding after 80 years.

Previously believed to be extinct, the pygmy tarsier - a 57 gram, big-eyed, clawed animal last spotted alive in 1921 - has resurfaced in Indonesia. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

As the smallest known frog species in the world's second largest mountain range, this new amphibian is easy to miss.

But scientists searching the Andes mountains' upper Cosqipata Valley in southern Peru, near Cusco, spotted the coin-size creature--a member of the Noblella genus--in the leaf litter of a cloud forest between 9,925 and 10,466 feet (3,025 and 3,190 meters). picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago

Activists in the Philippines have rescued what they believe might be the smallest offspring of the world's biggest fish — a whale shark the size of a forearm. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The smallest horse in Australia, is smaller than most dogs and not much bigger than a cat picked by evadiva 4 months ago

Not even a match for a pop can in size, Heaven Sent Brandy is the world’s smallest dog — in length, that is. But we don’t care how this little gem made her claim to fame, the diminutive Chihuahua is just too cute not to cover. picked by MasterPiece 2 years ago

NASA scientists have identified the smallest black hole ever found -- less than four times the mass of our sun and about the size of a large city.

But the mini-black hole, dubbed J1650, could still stretch a person into a "strand of spaghetti" with its pull. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

CompuLab introduces fit-PC2 – the smallest, most power-efficient Intel Atom PC to date. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Astronomers have discovered possibly the smallest extrasolar planet yet, a rocky world that's orbiting a star in the constellation Leo. "The study opens a new path that should lead to the discovery of even smaller planets in the near future, with the goal of eventually finding worlds more and more similar to the Earth." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Astronomers have discovered what may be the smallest alien planet yet — a rocky ``SuperEarth'' only four times heavier than our home planet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A tiny dog from America called Boo Boo has been named as the smallest pooch in the world. At just four inches (10.16cm) tall, the Chihuahua is the world's smallest dog in height. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Built for leprechauns and snail races. A little small for a picnic though. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago