Thus the genome project would come to rely on new machines from lab equipment maker Applied Biosystems, which industrialized the process of counting these DNA letters, using tiny glass tubes that sorted DNA fragments by length.

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The mosque is suffused by light entering from clerestory windows cut into the steps of the pyramid, and the traditional mihrab an ornamented niche indicating Mecca's orientation has sprouted into a full-length, transparent kiosk, animated by modernist stained glass.

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