Finally, in what is probably the best, up-to-date measurement of national economic power, MIPS (millions of instructions per second), the United States share is 48% (Japan is second with 7% and Germany is third with 6%).

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"As the most precise measurement of the cosmic ray positron flux to date, these results show clearly the power and capabilities of the AMS detector, " Ting said, according to the CERN statement.

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But the implications of this had, to date, "not been well-presented to government, nor have issues of measurement error and the implications these have for performance tables".

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