The analysis of the first samples taken from suspicious sites in Iraq has only just begun.
It took about two months to get the first samples of watches, and when I got the first set of samples it was the best feeling ever.
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Stardust is an ambitious but low-cost mission to capture the first samples from a comet, as well as grains of interstellar dust, and return them to Earth.
Butz believes it's the first time samples from the site have been tested for dating.
The company said last month it had developed the first working samples of chips based on the design.
Called array-based memory, the tech has been under development at a company called Nanochip, Inc. for nearly 12 years, and it looks like the first working samples will go out next year.
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Free Book Samples: First chapters of Kindle books are available to download and read for free before you decide to buy.
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In the first few days, urine samples are useful to look for exposure to chemical agents.
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First, he analysed the samples to find their viral load (the number of virus particles per cubic centimetre) and the subtype of virus involved.
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They sequenced all the DNA they could get from samples, looking first for variations of a gene called 16S, which is not present in humans but can be used as a fingerprint for different species of bacteria.
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Samples inside the package must first be "cooked" in an oven, then analyzed using instruments commonly found on the shelf of respectable scientific laboratories on Earth.
But although one of them was able to replicate this work in an 1, 100-patient database of tumor samples, Gilliland still got to publish first, keeping his scoop.
We learned that the first units out of the door will look a little different to these samples, the white version gaining a glossy finish, while the black edition coming with a matt rubber coating.
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And it is pushing for laws requiring all first-time offenders to have ignition locking devices that prevent cars from starting until breath samples are analyzed.
First comes the idea, then the sketching, then the draping of white toile (muslin), first over a mannequin and later over a live model, and finally the cutting of samples on a pattern that translates the temporary magic of the toile into a permanent garment in the fabric and colours of the designer's choice.
They carried out the first genome-wide analysis of the genetic variation between different regions of the same tumour using samples of kidney cancer.
Microsoft' also adding code samples to its Kinect for Windows development site (CodePlex), making this the first such code from Microsoft available in an open-source channel.
Mr. Molins, who identified the suspect only by his first name, Alexandre, said police were able to track him down using video footage and DNA samples collected from the scene.
But he was working on similar systems several years before that: His first gig was in 2003 to develop an inventory control system for KCD Public Relations that would help track designer samples sent to magazines, stylists, models and celebrities.
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