The new BMW i3, a tiny electric car, and the BMW i8, a plug-in hybrid, both due in 2013, are the first fruits of that effort.

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The first fruits of the partnership arrive this year in game developer-centric versions of the aforementioned three workstation models.

ENGADGET

The two new ones reported by Dr Walker and Dr Phogat are the first fruits of a project called Protocol G, one of several multi-centre investigations into various aspects of AIDS that IAVI is helping to organise.

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Motorola needed to release an Android set about six months ago, but we know these things take time -- and if it's any consolation, it sounds like the first fruits of the labor could be pretty awesome.

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And since drugs take such a long time to develop, Mr Vasella believes intellectual-property protection will be sufficient by the time the research laboratory produces its first fruits.

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Incidentally, one of Mr Grayling's first acts in his new post was to commission a report on current knife crime laws - perhaps the fruits of that report may appear when the bill moves over to the Commons.

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