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To define and measure boredom, Dr. Eastwood and other researchers simulate extremely dull conditions in the laboratory for participants, typically college students.
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This is largely because cars are never actually tested out on the road, but rather in a laboratory under strictly controlled conditions that are designed to simulate city and highway.
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The Japanese will have a full year to test and fine-tune products in real market conditions while the European prototypes remain in the laboratory.
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So, not only is SM1 protective, it has a clear evolutionary advantage over the wild type, at least in the cosseted conditions of the laboratory.
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But the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) argues that these studies were mainly conducted in the laboratory and do not accurately reflect field conditions.
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"What was seen under laboratory conditions has probably already taken place in any number of commercial fishing grounds, " warned the researchers.
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Under the right conditions, these cells can replenish themselves indefinitely in the laboratory, and they can, in theory, turn into any type of cell in the body.
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But Lisa Watson of Monsanto cautioned that the Cornell study was conducted under laboratory conditions and may not accurately reflect Bt's impact in farm fields.
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