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Planctomycetes challenge our concept of the bacterial cell and of a prokaryote as a cell structure type, as well as our ideas about origins of the eukaryote nucleus. Planctomycetes Are Important ...

In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the UK government has enacted a series of new fire safety regulations, ...

Lowered bulkheads above the tracks provide smoke vents directly above the trains and, as the latter are the main sources of combustion, no other compartmentation is apparently required. So there are ...

The completion of McLaren’s refurbishment of the former flagship Topshop store on Oxford Street in London has been pushed ...

It also highlighted breaches in compartmentation - the method of dividing a building into compartments to delay the spread of fire - due to a “compromise in cavity barriers”. Delays in ...

"It says compartmentation and "suitable fire safety measures" should be introduced early. One assumes that means a fire suppression sprinkler or mist system. "The art school said that too much ...