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...Biochemist Lehninger discovered that the same enzymes which oxidize carbohydrates also oxidize fat. He found out where the burning takes place, too. In the cells of the liver (where half the body's fat is oxidized) are small, granular structures called mitochondria. The mitochondria, Lehninger announced, are the cellular power plants "or stokers or burners" for the combustion...
...early drypoints had described the hollow shell of a vanished culture, and done it literally. "The important things today," he says, "are first the chaos, murder, rape and war in the world; and second, the spirit of scientific inquiry, the interest in atoms and cellular growth." He thinks his new paintings reflect a little of the science, if not of the chaos...
Pyrok was developed in Britain by Samuel Clipson, a big painting contractor. Its chief ingredient is vermiculite, a cheap mica-like mineral which, when heated, swells up to 16 times its volume like a pulled-out accordion. Vermiculite's resilience and cellular structure (mostly air) give Pyrok its lightness and strength. A special combination of lime and cement (Clipson's secret) makes the stuff stick tight...
Near Fairbanks, the Army has laid down 20 runway sections insulated from the permafrost by layers of cellular concrete, asphalt, foam glass, gravel, moss and spruce boughs. Under each runway are thermometers to measure heat penetration. For buildings, the trick is to rest the walls on thick mats of insulating material, or allow cold air to circulate freely under heated floors. Roads will be insulated, too, to keep foundations frozen under thundering tanks and trucks...
Astromentalists were also delighted to learn that F. W. was only 52 years old and therefore practically in his bassinet. For no Astromentalist went into "voluntary retirement" (the new name for death) before he was 200. "Retirement" was sheer pleasure, anyway; cellular scientists simply reduced the living body, by rapid stages, first from maturity to infancy, then back into a cozy, synthetic womb (complete with umbilical cord), and finally to the stage where the heart of the "retiring" fetus ceased to beat...