The extra-solar planet is one of a mere handful detected using a novel technique called microlensing.

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The 64-year-old, who comes from a brewing family, has developed a novel technique that fuses yeast to the sides of specially created ceramic-lined cylinders during the brewing process.

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After Etan disappeared, investigators tried what was then a novel technique to try to find him: They put his face on thousands of milk cartons, a technique that would become more common in the next few years.

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The Jubilee Line's planners failed to foresee the problems caused by the introduction of a novel tunnelling technique and a high-tech signalling system.

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The other is a novel diffraction technique, known as holographic projection.

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"This novel electrode coating technique has applications for fuel cells in the newest generation of hybrid cars, photovoltaic cells, rechargeable batteries or battery production for a wide range of green technologies, " said the university's Dr. Adam Squires.

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Typically, jawboning efforts have been undertaken by those seeking to lower or moderate price pressures, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his cohorts are putting a novel spin on the technique.

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After a recent study showing that facial recognition technology is at a point where it can identify strangers with reasonable accuracy if they have Facebook accounts, the novel amateur crime-fighting technique seemed momentous.

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Unlike Codexis, which deals in purified enzymes, Amyris employs a technique called synthetic biology, which turns living organisms into chemical reactors by assembling novel biochemical pathways within them.

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