In the new study, the Sentencing Commission conducted a separate analysis that excluded sentences of probation.

WSJ: Wide Racial Divide in Sentencing

Fortune's Phillip Elmer-Dewitt noted his findings, as well as a separate Deutsche Bank analysis in which 75 percent of Apple Stores surveyed said they'd sold out of the iPhone 4S by the end of the day Friday.

CNN: Apple, Amazon lead big tech Black Friday

Separate research departments bring a variety of economic theories, analysis, forecasting techniques, and conclusions to the FOMC table.

FORBES: Removing Reserve Bank Presidents From FOMC: Another Bad Idea

We each write separate analysis, and it's been a great way to see what's the different perspective of the two parties.

NPR: As Election Day Nears, Poll Data Questioned

The project is a separate one from Jean-Pierre Houdin's construction analysis, but has also been developed with help of Dassault Systemes - and in collaboration with an international team of researchers.

BBC: 3D interactive journey into the Great Pyramid of Khufu

Dr Cooper and Julien Reboud, also from the University of Glasgow, have now developed a way to carry out the entire PCR process mixing, heating and cooling, as well as analysis using a single piezoelectric source, without the need for separate heating elements or detection equipment.

ECONOMIST: Acoustic microfluidics