It invented a sophisticated device that emits sound waves in a lethally focused beam of energy but never proved that ultrasound provides long-term relief or is more effective than existing procedures.

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They placed a sample of each in a machine that shook them about, and focused a laser beam on each sample.

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While the patient is still on the operating table, a lead disc is slipped behind the breast tissue to protect the chest cavity, and an eight inch wide electron beam focused directly on the area surrounding the tumour.

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They have focused like a laser beam on the holy grail of compensation carried interest.

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The original company, now called Beam Inc. and focused on spirits, is up 28%.

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Instead, Cooper argued that mobile networks should be using access point base stations, or femtocells: broadband-connected local cell stations that beam cell signals over focused areas inside of buildings.

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He had the entire traditional political press corps and mainstream media focused on him like a laser beam by utilizing one of the most old school tools available to a senator -- the filibuster.

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When a beam of light is focused by the cornea and the lens, at the front of the eye, on to the retina, at the back, it stimulates photosensitive cells known as rods and cones.

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The Nao transitions between its two LEDs one with a wide beam, the other more focused smoothly and on the fly.

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That means the beam produced is of higher quality than other lasers, is extremely straight (even by the exacting standards of a normal laser beam) and can thus be focused onto a small area.

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