Word: millionths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hopes were deflated by Dan Wertheimer, head of the SETI project, who advised me not to hold my breath. The picture on my screen, it turns out, represents a mere 107 sec. of data from 1 millionth of the night sky. My chances of winning the galactic lottery are about 1 in 100 million--assuming there is any prize...
...monument to the one-millionth fire hydrant produced by the Mueller Co., which makes nearly half the national supply...
Unfortunately, there are plenty of reasons. To start with, the substances are available only in tiny quantities at this point. When scientists first started making endostatin, it took 200 qt. of mouse urine to obtain less than a millionth of an ounce. Turning the compounds out in people-size doses will require entirely different manufacturing techniques. EntreMed claims it now has a way to make lots of endostatin, using yeast cells as tiny factories; angiostatin is proving a lot tougher to mass-produce...
...neither see nor hear them. The males, they discovered, "smell" the females, grabbing their fragrance out of the air with exquisitely sensitive antennae. Once that fragrance was isolated, it was found to be powerful indeed, able to stimulate millions of moths with concentrations of less than one 300-millionth of an ounce...
...would the forebears of Bob Lloyd, the Missourian who runs Bodine Aluminum in St. Louis and nearby Troy. Here Japanese workers hold Shinto ceremonies to celebrate milestones such as a new furnace or the casting of the 1 millionth engine part. "Our people think the plant ceremonies are a riot," says Lloyd...