High-throughput screening uses robots to test the actions of thousands of compounds against a molecular disease target (itself identified by genomics).

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Dillon, playing in his 26th Test, took his wicket tally to 98 and is now getting close to his three-figure target.

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It left the Kiwis a target of 327 but Brett Lee claimed his 300th Test wicket as they slumped to 49-4.

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During a second flight test in January, the Raytheon kill vehicle missed the target by 100 feet because two "end-game" sensors both experienced mechanical failures.

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If the target slab is deemed suitable, a number of test holes are likely to be drilled - using the rotation as well the percussive action - before a powdered sample is picked up and delivered to Curiosity's onboard laboratories.

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Turning back to China, Liberation Army Daily and the Beijing News report that China successfully carried out a land-based, mid-course missile interception test at an undisclosed location within its borders, but says the test did not target any country.

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An important idea is getting its test run in America: the creation of intensive outpatient care to target hot spots, and thereby reduce over-all health-care costs.

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Mini-experiments do not need to be expensive, they just need to involve the target customer group and test assumptions you have about your business model.

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The test, in which an Aegis ballistic missile cruiser shot down a target fired from Hawaii, was the first exo-atmospheric kinetic intercept of a ballistic missile in the ascent phase of flight, and the third intercept from an Aegis warship.

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