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...began to study the ability of marine animals to concentrate some of the rare metals found in sea water. The sea squirt, Phallusia mamillata, for example, has 1,000,000 times more vanadium in its blood than the water it lives in; the deep blue blood of the octopus has 100,000 times as much copper. If sea squirts and octopuses can do the trick, asked Bayer, why shouldn't human chemists...
...From octopus blood he extracted hemocyanin, a protein that picks up copper because its molecule has a structure that a copper ion fits into neatly, like a key into a lock. But proteins are hard to handle and almost impossible to synthesize, so Bayer looked for simpler compounds that would do the same job. After many tries, he put together a black granular material that picks up copper and uranium only. When this "chelating agent" worked well in the laboratory with simulated sea water, Bayer took it to Naples, put it in a glass column and ran 100 liters...
...below) are close together and similar in interest. Both are Dutch painters, founders of Cobra, whose styles spring from the explosive spontaneity of that postwar persuasion. Corneille is a little tamer, perhaps because he chooses nature as his forte. His shapes sprawl in the lazy rhythms of an octopus treading water in a bright-colored sea of protoplasmic forms. Through April...
...usual, they were dillies, a superbly executed potpourri inspired by Bali's antic muse. There were subtle pencil drawings of nudes, erotic washes produced by the inky wiggling of a live baby octopus, fiery battle scenes with paint laid on thick enough to thrill a pastry chef. Of course, there was also his super-surrealism, typically in GALACIDALACIDEOXYRIB ONUCLEICACID (Homage to Crick and Watson), a title so long that it resorts to a parenthetical remark. In a slick equation of Botticelli and biochemistry, Dali portrays a translucent God lifting the dead Christ into heaven, superimposed on the molecular structure...
...plans is a restaurant which will serve daily luncheon of exotic foods," the manager said. "We're shooting for Dec. 1 as the date to have this in operation. When we do, we'll serve all the things that no one else in Harvard Square serves--everything from octopus to Shrimp Louis...