Construction on this little machine was plenty sturdy to withstand the bumps associated with its unusual shape, while the keyboard slider mechanism had a reassuring feel to it.
Players are presented with a protein and given the task of finding its most energy-efficient shape by fiddling with its structure.
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Its public finances are in good shape, with its public debt at less than 20% of GDP and its fiscal balance improving rapidly.
Alexza is still fiddling with the shape of its device, to be powered by batteries and other means.
The original 1986 Taurus, with its jelly-bean shape, was indeed revolutionary.
Contrast that with the original 1986 Ford Taurus, with its radical jelly-bean shape.
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The right analogy might be to compare climate with an airplane that keeps on changing its size, shape and weight and has to interact in turn with a constantly changing medium that exhibits far more turbulence than what we are accustomed to.
Too many people had gone in and out of it and with them the air that maintained its shape.
With its streamlined "Musetto" body shape featuring a metal structure, the Ferrari Vibration GT cockpit 458 Italia edition looks great in any living room.
In order to restore the eye to its original shape, those with advanced keratoconus generally undergo a cornea transplant, a procedure with a long recovery time that demands the patient refrain from physically stressing the eyes for months.
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To make a gadget called the Can Pump N' Pour, a circular hard plastic ring with a rubber cover that keeps the fizz in opened soda cans, Davison engineers went through 30 different versions with its own moldmaking machines before getting the shape right.
Though the Dryosaurus is in good shape, with 80% of its skeleton intact, Miles says he's afraid Chait's estimate is overly optimistic in this climate.
Their final design of the QSST jet is reminiscent of Concorde in its delta wing shape, but with a number of unique features, including an "inverted V-tail" and tailored nose cone.
He said the cleaning process was much gentler on clothes than conventional methods, and was particularly useful for expensive clothing that could lose its shape and color through washing with water and detergents.
Its sole was high and thick, with the swooping shape of a roller coaster.
Financially, Apollo Group is in stellar shape with a massive net cash position on its balance sheet, and significant free cash flow generation capabilities.
When she returned from the bathroom, Marjorie was standing and holding the wedding dress out in front of her with her good hand so that it fell into its bodiless shape.
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Its fellow averages were in slightly better shape, with the Dow Jones industrial average 62 points, 0.5%, higher at 13, 391 and the Nasdaq up 14 points, 0.5%, to 3, 106.
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But even with highlights such as these to give shape to her closet, its full extent remains a mystery.
When injected with liquid synthetic resin, this hardens to give the desired structure its final shape and stability.
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The balance spring is etched out of a thin silicon wafer using a photolithographic technique, similar to that used for microelectronic chips, so its exact shape and thickness can be more carefully controlled than with metal.
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The 10.3mm thick body does feel slightly chunky when compared to it's all touch sibling the Z10, and downright brick-like next to a svelte beauty like the Galaxy S III, but its short stout shape will fit in your pocket and palm with equal ease.
You find people and let them really go out on their own with it and then shape it as much as it needs to land on its feet.
For the first approach, he shapes a wettened cone of clay on a fast-spinning wheel, gradually turning a small dimple in the top into a bowl shape, which he smooths with a deerskin cloth and releases from its base with one quick draw of a taut wire.
The scientists found that H.pylori lost its shape, became immobile and eventually died when it came into contact with this chemical.
Singing too has evolved, and soprano singers reach their piercing high notes by precisely controlling the shape of their vocal tract to match its natural, resonant frequency with multiples of the one being produced by their vocal folds.
Like its predecessors, the massive new volume will shape what psychiatrists say and do with their patients.
The company, under its Tapcon brand, began marketing large-diameter concrete screws with tiny, arrowhead-shape chisels wrapped around the screw, to cut into concrete like sharks' teeth.
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