Yet it is effectively the same size, shape and function as its grand-bearer.

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This allows scientists to glimpse the shape of virus and bacteria components and get some insight into how they function.

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CDM's imaging system, it passes first through conventional optical elements, and then through a lens moulded into a shape of a cubic-like function (ie, with a surface which, instead of being spherical, is relatively flat in the centre but has scalloped edges).

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The traditional construction processes require both technical skills to design the building with consideration to its size, site and function, and aesthetic sense to select the lumber for the construction materials, cut and shape the wood, and assemble and interlock the separate wooden pieces without using nails, creating the so-called joints that withstand a millennium.

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