Space-flight veterans in the company are well aware of the trial-and-error nature of technology development, but they also know risk is an essential part of innovation.

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The point is to improve upon traditional methods of drug development which, at this point, are little better than trial and error.

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The method offers the promise of a rapid and precise screening of algae directly rather than the existing time-consuming, cumbersome and error-prone means for analyzing algae, and may prove pivotal in the development of a fuel industry based on algae.

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