The new project will send a strain of bacteria called Bacillus Subtilis into space to see if introducing different nutrients or compounds in the microgravity environment could block its growth.

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However, the ministry said that it will be supervising the search and exploration at the block and will monitor the impact on the environment.

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The block, due to open in 2012, will provide an improved environment for the care of children, an expanded intensive care unit and a new ward.

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We believe it will be an important block trading venue for Asian markets, attracting new participants and improving the trading environment in the region.

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By looking at what the software does in its intended environment (usually Windows) FireEye can determine if it is malicious or not and then allow it through or block it.

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An example of an application that does not work well in a simple cloud environment is a shared database, such as the typical Oracle database application, where the information is one big block of data that needs to be manipulated all the time by many computing processes and where access to the shared data needs to be synchronized and managed.

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