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By the time the web arrived, many jobs—especially in knowledge work—had thickened.

In the new study, the researchers protected the bacteria by enclosing them, along with magnetic particles, inside small droplets of sodium alginate, a thickening ingredient commonly found in foods.

Children who are obese or overweight from an early age have stiffer arteries and thickened arterial lining at 11 to 12 years, with a high risk of later heart disease, type 2 diabetes or stroke.

Rich broth thickened with bread, dusted with paprika, spiked with bits of cured ham, with a poached egg to mix in.

More of those tiny creatures kept joining the fight, and now a glowing sludge was thickening and hardening around the propellers.