Some mystics and architects say that dynamite and machines destroy stone's ability to channel spiritual vibrations, so they were forbidden in the harvest and carving of the stone.
Even more widely distributed among prokaryotes is lithotrophy (from the Greek word lithos, meaning "stone"), the ability to obtain energy by the transfer of electrons from hydrogen gas to inorganic acceptors.
Animation is the medium of superheroes and gods, ideal for representing the impossible or the sublime: the Medusa's head that turns men to stone, the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound or even the divine revelation of God on earth.
In vitro analysis of stone fragmentation ability of the FREDDY laser.
We determined the in vitro stone fragmentation abilities of the 0.5 mm flexible pneumatic lithotripsy probe when inserted through the working channel of 2, 7.5Fr flexible ureteroscope designs (straight working channel and offset working channel at approximately 30 degrees from the long axis of the endoscope).
Guardiola wants Stones for his ability to start the play from defence and if the England international is acquired City may drop their interest in Leonardo Bonucci, the 29-year-old Juventus centre-back.
Beyond cranial morphology, the second criterion for belonging to the genus Homo, they argued, should be stone tool-making ability, which indicates an increase in behavioral and cognitive complexity associated with the larger brain.
Different stones have different abilities: quartz stimulates brain function, tiger eye increases awareness, pyrite wards off danger, amethyst cures hangovers.
The expansion of brain size also brought about a revolution in food energy, which accompanied the use of stone tools – the ability to ingest high caloric and nutritious meat products.
10.7554/eLife.09224.015 Author response image 1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09224.015 In contrast, constructs with a 1-bp stepping-stone have the ability to discriminate between translocation models with 2-bp, 3-bp, 4-bp, and 5-bp step sizes as illustrated in Figure 5b.
Hank Sheinkopf remains on good terms with Stone, but recognizes his ability to alienate both allies and adversaries.
