In December, Dr Mumma's team will begin another study of the Martian surface using the new technique of adaptive optics at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile.

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The established industry technique of waterflooding brings more oil to the surface.

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She said lumps that were smaller and deeper which could not be detected by surface checks would be more easily detected using the ultrasound technique.

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Using the Sokka unit basically involves kicking a ball against a flat playing surface containing a number of electronic sensors that monitor accuracy and technique.

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By late afternoon, I'd fine-tuned my falling-off-a-building sailboard technique to the point where I was bumping along the surface of the lake for minutes at a stretch.

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Like the oxygen ions in the traditional technique, these come to rest a few thousandths of a millimetre below the surface.

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Using a technique that was discovered by the British during World War II, microwave signals are sent along the surface of the ocean.

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