As a result, they used the frogs in fast-acting, low-cost pregnancy tests for women during the nineteen-forties and fifties.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

But an explosion in space cost him the chance to reach the moon -- and nearly cost the crew their lives.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

He says there are a number of simple, low-cost interventions that can improve the chances of a full-term birth.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

FAO official Rene Czudek says the main aim is to provide low-cost methods to deal with wild animals without harming them.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

For more than thirty years, the Aprovecho Research Center has been designing cleaner, low-cost cooking stoves for the developing world.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

In other vaccine news, scientists in Britain say they have found a simple, low-cost way to store vaccines at high temperatures.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

He would like to put a low-cost laptop in the hands of every child, especially those living in extreme poverty.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

"Probably,for a one-hundred-fifty-thousand-dollar- a-year employee it would cost me in the range of ten to fifteen thousand dollars."

VOA: special.2011.05.13

A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot cost one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

He says about two-thirds of the cost can be paid for with money that is currently being "wasted,"

VOA: special.2009.07.25

The seven hundred eighty-seven billion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is also unpopular because of its cost.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

But now a program called Kilimo Salama, or safe farming, offers low-cost insurance in parts of Kenya.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

So the dymaxion house -- which could have provided low-cost housing for everyone -- was never built.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The private-public partnerships are designed to increase the availability of low cost vaccines in poor areas.

VOA: special.2010.03.29