As in human housekeeping, the effects of sloppy cell maintenance don't make a huge difference at first.

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In the case of lead and lead dioxide, this potential difference is just over two volts per cell.

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Another difference is that with the Clearwire flavor of LTE, the cell sites and devices will operate in a single block of spectrum.

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The difference was that this time the result would not be a cell that produced more viruses, but a cell that produced more cells.

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Hopefully Stephen's story can make a difference to them and others who are currently sitting in a concrete cell 23 hours a day.

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