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...PURPLE PROSE William Perkin, who "Invented a Color that Changed the World" with his accidental creation of synthetic dye, revolutionized organic chemistry--and fashion. Queen Victoria wore mauve to her daughter's wedding in 1858; London erupted soon after with "mauve measles...
...Topo tastes sort of like a tuna melt, but some innovations are surprisingly good. Still, at times it feels that messing with sushi - the crown jewel of Japanese cuisine - is the equivalent of tarting up the Mona Lisa in mascara and a dye job. "It may not be traditional," agrees Jonathan Moore, owner of the Bond Street eatery, "but you gotta admit...
...banners proposing marriage to LFO and made my way to the door. The place was packed, and I was late. The next thing I knew I was being ushered to my seat. The crowd was filled with mostly younger folk, some dressed to the nines, others sporting tattoos, hair dye and metal piercings. I couldn’t help but notice the large number of women with skimpy dresses and exposed skin. I shrugged. Maybe they were warm...
...list. When Zeus is done, the nylon sheet will be spotted with a grid of about 1,000 droplets, forming what researchers call a microarray. Once the machine has created a few dozen of these arrays, they will be rolled up, inserted into glass tubes and doused with radioactive dye and genetic material from a range of human tissue types--from normal, healthy cells to diseased cells representing breast, prostate, lung or colon cancer. Emerging from this experiment will be a set of data points, glowing with eerie phosphorescence, that may someday lead scientists to a new cure...
...afflicts 13 million Americans and in its most severe form, characterized by abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina, can cause vision loss or blindness. The first treatment approved for AMD, verteporfin, can slow or halt the most severe form of the disease. The drug is a photosensitive dye that is activated by a low-intensity laser and triggers a chemical reaction that destroys the troublesome vessels...