He was the first to satisfactorily demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves by building an apparatus to produce and detect radio waves.

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Among its innovations: a sensor that warns firefighters of an impending building collapse, lighter breathing apparatus and a computer chip that monitors firefighters' vital signs inside a burning building.

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So understanding the process (glycosylation, to give its proper name) is an important task, and Robert Linhardt, of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and his colleagues, hope to contribute by building an artificial Golgi apparatus.

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And that is exactly why, even though its original value proposition is largely gone, cloud computing is still much more desirable than building an in-house IT apparatus.

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Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service teams wearing breathing apparatus fought the blaze inside the building, while crews tackled the fire from the outside using large main water jets.

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Fire fighters used breathing apparatus to allow them to work in the smoke-filled section of the building.

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Six firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the detached garage blaze, which spread to houses on either side of the building, the fire service said.

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