itty-bitty

itty-bitty
adj. very little, tiny

The New York Times: Correction Appended

Itty-Bitty and Shrinking, Fusion Device Has Big Ideas By KENNETH CHANG

In a surprising feat of miniaturization, scientists are reporting today that they have produced nuclear fusion - the same process that powers the sun - in a footlong cylinder just five inches in diameter. And they say they will soon be able to make the device even smaller