To Dr Baselt this suggested that tiny magnetic particles might be attached to molecules using either antibodies (which will bond to proteins, sugars and so on) or single-stranded DNA (which will bond to a complementary DNA strand to form the famous double helix).

ECONOMIST: Labs on a chip

The holder of a bond rated single-B gets scarcely 3.5 percentage points of premium to compensate for what are sure to be nasty losses of principal whenever a recession hits.

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Pacific Investment Management 's Co-Chief Executive Mohamed El-Erian will single-handedly run the world's largest bond fund management company when Bill Thompson--half of the company's executive team--retires at the end of the year, Pimco said Friday.

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Not a single loss at the polls -- a record that speaks to the bond that he had with you, the people of his state.

WHITEHOUSE: Remembering Senator Robert Byrd

In exchange for an upfront fee, a bond insurer would take a bond with a midling investment grade rating -- single-A, for example -- and offer to pay investors what they were due if the issuer defaulted.

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In diamonds, the six-electron atoms share a single electron with each of the four atoms that abut them, forging the strongest bond known to chemists and making diamonds among the hardest minerals.

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