Word: liquid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also been a renewal of interest in another artificially produced fuel: hydrogen, the lightest and most abundant element in the universe, which can readily be produced by electrolysis of water molecules. Highly combustible, it has already proved its importance as a space-age fuel: it was a reaction of liquid hydrogen (at a temperature of less than - 350° F.) and liquid oxygen that gave NASA's big Saturn 5 rockets their final boost to the moon. Properly handled, hydrogen might be burned to heat homes, generate electricity or power cars; the only major waste product is water...
...Universe/you fool." Trout has been invited to give a speech at the Midland City Festival of the Arts, and he hitchhikes to Midland City. He arrives on the wrong side of town and wades through a polluted creek that leaves his feet sealed in a coating of liquid plastic. Defiantly nacreous-footed, he wanders on into the motel cocktail lounge where Dwayne Hoover, after several drinks, staggers up to him and cries: "Give me the message! The message, please." Kilgore Trout thrusts forth one of his 117 unsuccessful novels, whose message is, "You are the only creature in the entire...
...increasing concentration of salts as cell water is crystalized. This damage can be avoided if the temperature is lowered quickly enough, putting tissues in a non-crystalline solidified state in which water does not separate out as ice. Worms the thickness of a hair have been dipped in liquid air and revived when warmed quickly. But for larger animals, current techniques cannot cause cooling quickly enough...
...from the baby's respiratory and urinary tract. A needle is injected through the placenta and a very small amount of fluid is withdrawn. This procedure can be done in the early weeks of pregnancy. However, because of possible danger to the baby, only a very small amount of liquid can be withdrawn. The few cells obtained earlier than the 16th week must be cultured from four to eight weeks in order to assure an accurate reading of the chromosomal patterns contained therein...
...plan is put into action, Occidental and San Francisco's Bechtel Corp. will build a huge chemical-plant complex in the Volga River city of Kuibyshev. It would produce up to 4,000,000 tons of liquid ammonia and 1,000,-000 tons of urea annually, which Occidental would get over a 20-year period in return for its investment...