This carbon monoxide molecule effectively acts as a record needle, probing with unprecedented accuracy the very surfaces of atoms.

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Dear Doritos: Why does every commercial stop the action with sound of needle going off a record player when no one plays records anymore?

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Record Store Day has also helped move the needle in the right direction for vinyl.

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No one would dare let their precious needle touch a piece of cardboard pretending to be a record.

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The firm used the image on everything from needle boxes to promotional novelties, and eventually adopted His Master's Voice as the name of its record label.

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