They have spawned much of the software inside everything from the Gmail e-mail product to a controversial effort to digitize thousands of books.

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Talk about eco-friendly, a guesthouse in Thailand, Bamboo Nest de Chaing Rai, uses bamboo for nearly everything, from the structures of the bungalows to the furnishings inside.

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They collated data from over 900 publications to account for everything going on inside the bacterial cell.

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Commission, has authority over everything from the colour of a building's exterior to the kind of business allowed inside.

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Dubbed simply "The Cloud, " the structure would consist of two 400-foot tall mesh towers that are linked by a series of interconnected plastic bubbles, which would themselves house an observation deck inside and be used to display everything from Olympic scores and highlights to a "barometer of the city's interests and moods" outside (that latter bit comes courtesy of the group's partnership with Google).

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