They might never generate the most energy, but the all-carbon cells can remain stable under extreme conditions, meaning they could find their calling in harsh environments where brawn is a little more important than status, or looks.

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The prisoners were housed in small, stable units of fewer than ten people in individual cells, to avoid conditions of social chaos and unpredictability.

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Stereotypes and pigeonholes can, in a stable multiethnic society, act as sanctuaries as much as cells.

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It turns out, of course, that we are very temperature-stable organisms, so if you raise the temperature of our cells by twenty degrees our cells will die.

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These incentives help drive down costs for developers who install fuel cells and ensure that developers can provide attractive, stable power rates to their fuel cell host customers.

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