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The molecules are then sorted according to their length by using an electric current to drag them through a gel (small molecules move faster than big ones) and the order of the colours in the gel is read off, using a laser.
ECONOMIST: Genetic warfare
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The electoral college vote takes place a few days later, Dec. 18, leading some observers to wonder whether the current battle could drag into that period.
CNN: latimes.com: Anxious Christopher sounds conciliatory notes
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So long as foreign investors favour American equities, then, its large current-account deficit will not drag down the dollar.
ECONOMIST: Test-driving a new model
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Despite improvements in life expectancy and literacy, the current economic growth rate will not drag the average Ghanaian out of poverty for another 30 years.
ECONOMIST: Ghana
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His current thinking is that the household sector will drag activity down into a lengthy recession.
FORBES: Keeping Faith
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If the level of student debt continues to grow at its current rate, it could become a significant economic drag, as the younger generations delay purchases that would have otherwise fed economic growth.
FORBES: 5 Reasons the Student Loan Crisis is Nothing Like the Mortgage Crisis
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Set to begin shipping in April of this year, the new bot is said to be 30 percent faster than the current generation model, boasting twice the gripping strength and able to drag larger objects and lift twice the weight of its predecessor.
ENGADGET: iRobot intros next-gen bomb-defusing PackBot
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Also, ski technology improves every season, so why drag your 3-year old models when you can benefit from the most current technology.
FORBES: Hassle-Free Ski Trips This Winter With Black Tie Ski Delivery
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If the case proceeds to the stage where a formal WTO panel is formed to decide on its merits, it could drag on for several years, by which time trade will, with luck, have recovered from its current moribund state.
ECONOMIST: A row with China points to fraying tempers