The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NANOTECH
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More clues leading to the result NANOTECH
- He cannot possibly work with tiny things
- Working with much smaller stuff than a note-checker covers
- Pen a note: check boxes measuring small dimensions
- He cannot possibly work at an atomic level
- Very little science he cannot decipher
- Small-scale work revised the canon
- Elderly relative’s love at first touch excites cold heartless tiny robots
- Molecular science of microfauna, note, Church tackles
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The straight part
We know that "work with tiny things" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case work with tiny things = nanotech.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NANOTECH mean?
NANOTECH noun- The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres.