And, at this point, the tiny, dry insulin particles had such a large surface area relative to their mass that, like popcorn or flour, they poured unevenly, leaving air pockets and inconsistent doses.

FORBES: The Impossible Made Possible

This past year, however, his difficulties with swallowing advanced to the point where he could not eat without aspirating food particles, and he cycled between hospital and rehabilitation facilities with the pneumonias that resulted.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

If you were to assume that every point in the universe contained some information, then even a small office would be so densely packed with particles that it would collapse in on itself like a black hole, says Raphael Bousso, a physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

FORBES: Flatland?