Previously it was thought that only much more expensive lasers (ultra-short pulsed lasers) could be used to make metals appear black, thereby making the process impractical for industrial use.
Already, all major pharmaceutical companies are spending billions of dollars in research and development for every drug they manage to get to market, and the discovery effort is only getting more expensive.
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Running with a 1, 500-cc engine and without import and luxury taxes, the Timor compact sedan is cheaper than other cars in its class -- and only slightly more expensive than most of the small vans that are especially popular in Indonesia.
But the hard-liners are adamantly opposed, saying the U.N. will only make things more expensive and complicated.
Yet a barrel of oil is only 15% more expensive than at the start of the year: nasty, but hardly a grave threat.
Put together, however, the two studies suggest that British unit trusts' fees are only a bit more expensive, and that was not the real cause of underperformance.
The Polaroid iM1836 camera is the first of its kind to pair interchangeable lens options, like those typically only found on more expensive D-SLR cameras, with the ultra-intuitive and familiar Android OS. This powerful combination allows consumers of any skill level to get professional-quality results without the cost and complexity of a professional system.
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Not only is it much more expensive than traditional plastic, suppliers demand high minimum orders.
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Not only are business routes more expensive, but the London-bound travelers are more likely to buy business-class seats than the L.A. fliers.
Available in 128GB, 64GB, and 32GB capacities, the new flash drives deliver affordable, leading-edge file transfer speeds previously only available in far more expensive "USB 3.0 to SATA bridge" based drives.
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Not only will this content be more expensive, but it will further threaten the pay-TV providers as it will give their subscribers an incentive to drop cable subscriptions, for example, and subscribe to Netflix.
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They say that shipping gas overseas will only hurt Americans by making it more expensive at home.
Yes, this is more expensive than standardisation on only the one supplier: but then insurance policies do indeed cost money.
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The Dealnews list of 11 Things That Will Be More Expensive in 2012 contained only one reference to mobile: data plans.
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The continuing reluctance to engage to the greatest possible extent in flexible market-based ways of reducing emissions not only makes control of greenhouse gases vastly more expensive than it would otherwise be (a good thing, admittedly, in the view of many environmentalists).
Last year, the IRS sent out 1.8 million such letters, compared with only 300, 000 of the far-more-expensive in-person audits.
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Similarly, the name Land Rover --and to only a slightly lesser extent, its larger, more expensive cousin, Range Rover --aptly conveys that vehicle's ability to go wherever it likes and handle virtually any terrain.
Under his plan, as food and medicine gets more expensive, your Social Security check would grow only a tiny bit.
He tells the broadcaster that the Ariane 5 rocket stands "no chance" in the face of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy systems from his own SpaceX outfit, as it's more expensive to use -- and the contrast will only get worse when a cheaper, next-generation Falcon 9 arrives, he says.
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That governments not only can, but should, insist that people must buy and install more expensive panels.
But perhaps more worrying is that Italy's huge banks are likely to find it harder and more expensive to borrow - because banks are perceived to be only as safe or as risky as the governments that stand behind them to bail them out in a crisis.
The Wi-Fi-only X300 is more laptop-like, with a larger screen and the more expensive Windows 7 Home Edition.
Avastin gained popularity because, until recently, the only alternative was another Roche drug called Lucentis, which is about 40 times more expensive for each injection.
Only then would mandates accelerate the deployment of cheap, clean energy rather than force more expensive clean energy technologies on the market.
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Tapping this steam would be expensive, since it would require not only extra building materials, but also more durable ones, to cope with the higher pressures and temperatures.
Be aware that dinner shows can be expensive, and some of the more hidden and intimate clubs offer a less expensive alternative -- many charging only for what is consumed.
Only ridiculously expensive Hong Kong and Dubai, which are not countries, have seen prices rise more.
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Housing in California is 2.7 times more expensive than in Texas and, with home prices picking up, that will only get worse.
Factories are only just recovering from a period of sustained strength for the pound, which has made UK exports more expensive, hitting order books hard.
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