To get around this, researchers piped water through sealed tubes just 50 microns (millionths of a metre) in diameter, between individual layers.

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Apparently, you have never tasted meat cooked to succulent perfection until you've been fed tenderloin that's been vacuum-sealed and hot-water-bathed for five hours.

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Around 1820, the vogue in Europe was the "stifling box, " a sealed container submerged in boiling water.

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The track is now "sealed, " or packed down so that excess water rolls off rather being absorbed in the surface.

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The phone's anti-slip finishes and materials are scratch and ding resistant, while the sealed housing design and rubber port covers resist dirt and water intrusion.

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However, Sony cautions that the device's port covers need to be sealed up tight for its claim to ... well, hold water.

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It needs to be clinically clean, have sealed concrete floors with several large drains (it takes 8 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of beer), a spacious refrigerated room and copious utility connections.

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