Using computerized measuring equipment, the AGS verified that each stone was cut and polished to rigorous standards.

FORBES: Stones on fire

Since January 1st, they have risked the confiscation of any imperial measuring equipment.

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Using computerized measuring equipment, the AGS verified that each stone was cut and polished to rigorous standards, which can take up to four times longer than normal cutting and, in the wrong hands, result in a ruined stone.

FORBES: Stones on fire

Since the material reflects hundreds of times less light than the paints currently used, the agency said it could help create equipment capable of measuring distant objects such as planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.

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Our best scientists and public health officials (FDA, EPA, state and local health departments) are once again quite serious about protecting us, and they have the expensive equipment to do so, measuring radiation in milk, water and food down to a single picocurie.

FORBES: The Cost Of Minuscule Levels Of Radiation

Secretary Chu announced earlier today that the Department of Energy has offered and Japan has accepted an aerial measuring system capability, including detectors and analytical equipment used to provide assessments of contamination on the ground.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The traditional approach for measuring metabolism is to use a metabolic cart, which is rather bulky and expensive equipment, available only in clinic or research labs.

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