The samples were then tested on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) and Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instruments.
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In planned subsequent steps, the sample will be was sieved, and portions of it delivered to the Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument and the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument.
It gathered samples of the atmosphere to be measured by its Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments, which allow sophisticated analysis of the Martian atmosphere from the rover.
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From CHIMRA, the samples will be sieved and delivered to two different instruments: the Chemistry and Mineralogy ( CheMin) instrument and the Sample Analysis at Mars ( SAM) instrument.
So, Scout got upgraded from an 8-bit processor to a 32-bit unit based on Micrium, the operation system being used by NASA's Curiosity Rover for sample analysis on Mars.
"This is probably the only definitely habitable environment that we've described and recorded, " said Paul Mahaffy, principal investigator for Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars investigation at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
What this exercise ultimately shows is the limitation of small-sample analysis: there have only been 14 different presidents in the last 83 years, which is too small to draw any meaningful inferences.
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Well, after scooping up some loose sand, Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite and the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instruments found a menagerie of chemicals, including sulfur, chlorine, and traces of carbon-based materials.
Consumers place their orders on the Web, then get a kit in the mail and return it with a cheek swab or spit sample for analysis.
But it is the broader analysis of the sample that is of most interest to security researchers.
Human analysis of a sample of posts suggests that about 50% of negative posts also expressed regret at upgrading.
And a Home Office analysis of a sample of migrants eligible for settlement in 2011 shows that under current rules those in less-skilled and worse-paid jobs (nurses, care workers, cooks) were more likely to settle at the first opportunity than those in better-paid or graduate-level jobs.
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The analysis, based on a sample survey of voters last year, is viewed as the best source of government data on turnout by race and ethnicity.
The 5% sample was too small to allow a detailed analysis of the treatment patterns of distinct urology groups.
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So I hope he will look the other way as I embellish his analysis by presenting data from a sample set consisting of one person.
An analysis of the effect of hurricanes on a sample of retail, energy, home building and insurance stocks shows that shares within those industries have behaved in line with the traditional strategies that were again apparent by today's market action.
It shouldn't take long to get a sample, which will be sent to Michigan State University for analysis, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported.
Tests are then done to determine the pH and concentration of the sample to ensure the suitability and integrity of the samples for analysis.
The sample remains merely a number throughout testing, ensuring the scientists performing the analysis do not know whose they are dealing with.
According to Bain analysis, more than 80 percent of the unrealized investments in a sample of buyout funds we examined were completed between 2005 and 2008.
The drill will produce a powdered sample that can be put in the robot's on-board laboratories for analysis.
"We are now collaborating with colleagues to sample patients in order to demonstrate the strengths, as well as limitations, of breath analysis more comprehensively, " she said.
The new analysis, which appears in the June issue of the journal Pediatrics, included a nationally representative sample of 3, 383 adolescents who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a biannual survey conducted by the CDC.
In being one of the lowest scoring sports in the world, low sample size of success (at least if measured by goals) and the apparent randomness with which it comes makes analysis of the sport perhaps the most difficult of those discussed within conference panels.
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