欧盟资助的一项研究中，意大利热那亚大学的亚历山德罗•波塔罗设计出一种微小型角质蛋白刷毛，他仿照了鸟身上叫做覆羽那种最小的羽毛。
In research funded by the European Union, Alessandro Bottaro of the University of Genoa in Italy has devised small keratin bristles that mimic the smallest type of bird feathers, known as coverts.
就在纳波利塔诺发表上述讲话的前几天，一名尼日利亚人因为在一架周五飞往底特律的美西北航班上点燃小型爆炸物而被拘捕。
Napolitano's comments came days after a Nigerian man was arrested for igniting a small explosion on a Northwest Airline flight bound for Detroit Friday.
一小型英国公司的SJH项目，已开发出所谓的“石头海绵”的材料，把它安装在汽车的底盘，吸收部分的冲击波。
SJH Projects, a small British company, has developed a so-called "stone sponge" material that, fixed to a vehicle's undercarriage, partially absorbs the blast.
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