Woosley suggests that if trials were run by the government, fewer safeguards would be needed to make sure they are done honestly, actually decreasing cost.

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Sequencing technology is decreasing in cost and increasing in power at a rate faster than anything since the microchip.

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Additionally, restructuring of the administration of U.S. food aid would increase the number of people reached while decreasing the cost to American citizens.

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SpaceX has focused on building reusable rockets (government-built rockets are one-use disposable models), with the end goal of drastically decreasing the cost of space travel.

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His team read the chemical bases of the DNA with a machine made by Illumina, the San Diego company that has led the way in decreasing the cost of DNA sequencing.

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The results of the pilot show an increase in compliance with medication and a cost savings due to decreasing or stopping inappropriate medication.

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International business schools tend to be much less expensive and most require approximately 1 year of study rather than the traditional 2 years required by US MBA programs, decreasing foregone income and thus opportunity cost significantly.

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Production cost of solar cells, and correspondingly, solar modules is also decreasing worldwide due to declining input costs, particularly polysilicon and silicon.

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Meanwhile, decreasing the number of elements would decrease the scope of the game and cutting the cost of the toys would almost certainly mean downgrading their quality.

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