Then his doctor heard crackling in his lungs, a sign of honeycomb-like scarring that could kill him in three years.

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The result is a porous, honeycomb-like structure that is capable of withstanding the applied forces, but weighs very little due to its parsimonious use of materials.

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Among the four digestive chambers hoofed creatures possess, it is the cow's reticulum lining that is getting all the culinary play, particularly its protein-rich "honeycomb" lining (shaped and textured like the bee variety).

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The trial project is essentially a five-story brick edifice specially constructed to function like a honeycomb.

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We know, from the side that tablet up there looks a lot like Toshiba's still unnamed 10-inch Honeycomb tablet, but it's actually the company's future Windows 7 slate, which we were told today won't be hitting the market until the second half of 2011.

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Interior walls that look like hardwood paneling are in fact made of paper-thin wood veneer on top of Nomex honeycomb, a lightweight paper-and-resin material normally found in jet airplanes.

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Most of the changes to Honeycomb are happening under the hood -- better HTML5 support, faster performance, and USB host functionality for connecting peripherals like game controllers and mice -- but there are some improvements that will be a lot more obvious to the user.

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