Although the cost of developing drugs is accelerating, meaning that the number of drugs per pound invested in research and development is decreasing, there is a wealth of innovation in UK drug discovery.

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In the U.S., a Synovate market research poll found that 72 per cent of Americans considered loud conversations in public places to be the worst habits of cell phone users.

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The popular pet fish can jump up to eight times their body length, at speeds of more than 4 feet per second, according to a recently published research paper in the online peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.

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Mr. Bersin pointed out that per a survey in 2009 by his research firm, 84-85% of people in HR roles felt that they were sorely lacking in skills and expertise around social business systems.

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For example, it notes that in Tanzania, child mortality in the richest fifth of the population fell from 135 to 90 per 1, 000 births over the research period, while the poorest fifth saw hardly any progress with a modest fall of 140 to 137 per 1, 000 births.

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The growers petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission to collect the per-tree tax for a marketing-and-research program.

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Much of the research described stems from analysis of computer models of collapsing sand-piles that was done by Per Bak, a physicist, and his colleagues in the late 1980s.

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