But one of the world's most prominent medical journals wouldn't give this much publicity to a tiny study by a tiny company if it were not positive.
Tiny liquid crystal molecules are sandwiched between the two polarizers, and these crystals can be switched by tiny transistors to act as light valves.
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The top wines of Bordeaux or Burgundy, by contrast, are usually produced in tiny quantities by small producers.
That magnitude of the subprime market, of its loses, looks absolutely tiny by world markets.
Colourful blimps, tiny by Zeppelin standards, are a common sight in the skies above cities.
The technology is made possible by tiny strands of zinc oxide that are sandwiched between two electrodes.
The machine used 18, 000 vacuum tubes to handle the calculations that are now performed by tiny microchips.
While tiny by comparison to other programs, could this program be a stimulus for the shrinking venture capital industry?
An experimental breast cancer drug being developed by tiny Celldex Therapeutics of Needham.
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North of I-40, vast plains of nothing are linked by tiny villages.
Most of all, it's about recognizing and accepting that the greatness of this country makes us all look tiny by comparison.
Developed by tiny biotech firm Galena Biopharma (GALE), Neu Vax is now in the initial phases of a third clinical study that.
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When particles crash into the semiconducting material at the heart of their detector, they heat it by tiny amounts, which it records.
The British self-help market is tiny by comparison, but is growing fast.
One such medicine is Xyrem, a narcolepsy drug sold by tiny Orphan Medical (nasdaq: ORPH - news - people ).
At the time Microsoft was besieged by tiny outfits claiming infringement, and Gates may have been looking for Myhrvold to buy up patents.
The hospital has also been hit by a number of cases of scabies, a skin disorder caused by tiny insects burrowing under the skin.
And then, in 2001, came the astonishing defeat of the national team by tiny Bahrain, which dashed Iran's hopes for the 2002 World Cup.
While third-place Google Chrome's 6.7% share of the market looks tiny by comparison it is rising sharply, up from just 1.7% this time last year.
The Stretta system, sold by tiny Curon Medical of Fremont, Calif.
And third, many of the cuts are tiny by private-sector standards.
Selection can shift a population from life in the trees to life on the ground by tiny steps but only if the right kind of variation is available.
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Steering and braking could also be controlled electronically and operated by tiny electric motors, in theory at least, so cutting the need for heavy metal brakes and pedals.
The field of custom-engineering microbes has become one of the hottest areas of alternative energy, with investments by tiny startups like Amyris and LS9 and giants such as Exxon and BP.
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There are 800 miniature facsimiles of various inventors' dreams, once required by the U.S. Patent Office, all equipped with their original patent tags, attached by tiny bits of government-issued red ribbon.
Rare diseases were long relegated to the backwaters of the drug business, targeted by tiny biotech companies, if at all, and often ignored by drug giants in their search for billion-dollar franchises.
Part of the reason that there is a groundswell of populist anger at the economic solutions that suit those "too big to fail" banks is that too many people and businesses who are infinitesimally tiny by comparison are on the verge of failure.
While not quite as "nano" as the SIM card-sized satellites that launched with the Shuttle Endeavor, the smaller-than-a-breadbox ExoPlanetSat is still pretty tiny by satellite standards, yet it packs all the necessary optics and technology required for what's known as transit observation -- that is, monitoring a star for decreases in brightness, which could indicate a planet passing in front of it.
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In the ten years to 2003 the number of travel agencies that employed more than 100 people grew by 60%, from 109 to 174, and the number of tiny ones fell by a third, from 18, 186 to 12, 865.
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