Phagocytic docking without shocking
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New studies of nematode worms and human cells investigates apoptosis, in which scavenger cells ingest intact dying cells to keep organisms healthy. The study examines the mechanisms of apoptosis and how apoptotic cells reach their destination within phagocytes. It is proposed that genes ced-5 and cd14 are implicated in the process, which involves the tethering of apoptotic cells before the phagocytic cells closes around them.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Concrete monoliths
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Advances in construction equipments paved the way for the development of highly durable materials such as microsilica and superplasticizing agents. Designers of the Petronas Tower employed the use of concrete to make columns and core walls less vulnerable to air pressure collapses.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Cooking up a gas boom
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Australia is poised to enter the global natural gas export market with four giant liquified natural gas projects off the northern and western shores. The resource projects are potentially valued at $26 billion and Western Australia alone is expected to supply 15% of the worlds LNG.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
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