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...mercurial Le Corbusier’s personality was. What do you think we gain from an understanding of the artist’s life? NFW: The thing I hope I point out in my book is what a passionate enjoyer of visual beauty Le Corbusier was. He was the type of man who bemoaned the idea that people no longer walked up stairs two at a time. That was how he was, with such a zeal for life. That intensity is felt in his architecture, and his intoxication with beauty is his most important quality...
...genes have the same material but only parts of the material are expressed,” Oberdoerffer said. When different parts of the cell are “turned on,” the cell performs a different function. “Every cell type expresses a distinct set of genes so that way you make one cell a kidney gene, one a brain cell,” Oberdoerffer added. “Every cell and every organ in your body has certain things to do, and if you mess around with that—[like if] your muscle cells...
...nowhere as dire as Chowdhry's. But both analysts are reacting to reports that the cost-per-click for Internet ads has fallen an estimated 20% this year. Google and other Internet-advertising companies make much of their money by serving up ads that match keywords that people type into search engines. The rates for those ads are determined by advertisers, who bid for top placement. But advertisers have begun lowering their bids because they aren't getting the returns (also known as conversion rates) that they expected. In late November, research firm eMarketer lowered the 15% increase in online...
...develop thinner, stronger steel that can replace plastic in washing machines and other appliances. They're also experimenting with coatings that are both environmentally friendly and more effective in fighting corrosion. Dulux Trade, the paint subsidiary of Netherlands-based chemical firm AkzoNobel, this year started selling Ecosure, a type of paint with much reduced amounts of embodied carbon and other volatile organic compounds. And at the R&D center of French cement firm Lafarge, director Pascal Casanova waxes lyrical about Ductal, a super-resilient product the center has developed that he calls the "Formula One" of concrete. It's what...
...seems like a lot of green, ProQuo.com is the most comprehensive free service. Type in your name and address, and the site lets you opt out of credit-card solicitations, catalogs, Valpak coupons, sweepstakes announcements and other postal plaque. In addition to eliminating unwanted mail, the company plans to generate ad revenue by letting consumers specify the kind of offers they actually want to receive. What a novel concept...