• Instead -- following more than a year of tests, X-rays and research -- it was confirmed as a Velazquez, and so became the highlight of Wednesday's old masters sale at Bonhams in London.

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  • Once Orbcomm has 350, 000 units installed--which could happen by the third quarter of next year, says Paul Nisbet, an analyst with JSA Research--it will be covering not just its operating costs but its noncash depreciation charges.

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  • This is the sum the firm feels it could legitimately claim - in terms of monies spent on things like sponsorship, advertising, research and development - if it was forced to withdraw from cycling.

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  • Gene outlined the fundamental building blocks -- the education, infrastructure, research and development -- that it rests on.

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  • The Columbia was returning to Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 16-day research mission when it broke up in flames about 200, 000 feet over north-central Texas minutes before it was scheduled to land.

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  • Chocolate might not be the healthiest thing for your waistline - but research suggests it may protect against stroke.

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  • One study found that federal energy-research spending became more productive when it switched from large-scale demonstration projects to lots of smaller-scale technologies.

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  • There are one or two aspects we want to talk about further - some of our changes on the research system, for example - but it is a white paper which sets out our proposals clearly.

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  • The whole point of the research credit--to stimulate more research--is undermined if executives can't count on it in their planning.

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  • Despite the still-early phase of the research, it's definitely whetting our appetite for more -- and you can see a full video of the presentation after the break.

    ENGADGET

  • Despite the still-early phase of the research, it's definitely whetting our appetite for more -- stay tuned for a video demonstrating the tech along with an interview with the team.

    ENGADGET

  • Despite the still-early phase of the research, it's definitely whetting our appetite for more -- and you can see an interview with the researchers, along with a full raw video of the presentation after the break.

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  • It is not known how the operation might be having this effect - but the research team suggested it might even be underestimating the effect.

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  • It was at Computex that Intel first talked about the ultrabook concept, which emerged from in-depth consumer research it conducted in 2009 and 2010.

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  • But RIM's fast growth -- its share of the global smart-phone market has jumped to 15.9% from 6.9% since 2006, according to research firm Gartner -- left it short-handed and straining to meet the demands of various carrier partners.

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  • He did not rule it out, but said they would lose a lot of public funding - for teaching, "possibly" for research, for capital programmes - "so it would be a very serious step for any university to take".

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  • In most universities, professors typically work mostly with graduate students on research, and it is uncommon for undergrads to get in-depth research opportunities working closely with professors.

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  • According to Nielsen Media Research, it was the least-watched show in 20 years.

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  • The CEP summary paper not only makes it clear that more attention must be paid to student motivation, it also provides research-based starting points for action.

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  • New York has devoted millions of dollars in tax incentives to attract high-tech jobs through the research college center and it is a critical tool for New York to compete globally in the high-technology field.

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  • For instance, eHarmony, a prominent online-dating service, touts the results of a survey conducted on its behalf by Harris Interactive, a market-research firm, that concludes it was responsible for an average of 542 people getting married every day in America between the start of 2008 and the end of June 2009.

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  • In just three weeks this fall, thousands of people playing the free downloadable game helped map the structure of an enzyme that could fight HIV and AIDS. Scientists at the University of Washington created Fold-it to turn research about protein folding into a game, dishing up puzzles made up of spirals and clumps that represent amino acids.

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  • To ban such use would have the effect of exporting stem cell research overseas to countries where it is not illegal -- in fact, the United Kingdom has already given approval to such research.

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  • The number of people who drink coffee at home is at its lowest point in 20 years, according to consumer-market research firm NPD Group, while the number buying it out is at a 20-year high.

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  • Next steps: securing a patent on the sizing algorithm--before the big retailers do it themselves--and hiring a market research team to get the 10, 000 or so survey responses needed to build a size database big enough to convert all those crazy sizes.

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  • Other large players--Research In Motion, Nokia, Yahoo--are so fundamentally challenged that it seems hard to imagine they can continue on their current course.

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  • If WWF believed legalising the industry would be of benefit - it would be done research on the matter itself, he added.

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  • He says, we're putting aside 5 percent of our gross domestic product in research and development -- 3 percent of it in clean energy.

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  • And, having approved tens of billions of dollars-worth of bonds to pay for everything from stem-cell research to road mending, it is racking up ever more debt.

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  • The idea first surfaced a few years back, but according to Steve King of Emergent Research, a California-based outfit, it reached an inflection-point about 18 months ago.

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