The first detected transiting planet was HD 209458b in 1999, and hundreds of planets have been discovered through their transits.
But Mr. Romankow, who is leading the investigation, said the first attempt had been discovered through a tip from another inmate, and was thwarted.
Detainees who underwent torture either disclosed nothing, or supplied fabricated information, or revealed information that had been already been discovered through traditional, non-violent interrogation techniques.
The Type 2 diabetes gene has been discovered through an eight-year effort which involved comparing the DNA of patients and their siblings unaffected by the disease.
Quasars have also been discovered through other techniques, including searches for starlike sources whose brightness varies irregularly and X-ray surveys from space; indeed, a high level of X-ray emission is regarded by astronomers as a sure indicator of an accreting black-hole system.
It will include artifacts in the Smithsonian's collection, including a lapdesk that Jefferson used to write the Declaration of Independence, as well as objects that have been discovered through excavations at Monticello like marbles, tools, a brass shoe buckle and a bone toothbrush.
Multiple conserved molecular signaling modules have been discovered through powerful genetic screening.
Various carbonyl reductases of different origins (microorganisms and plant tissues) have been discovered through microorganism isolation and protein purification.
A series of potent amide linked PPARγ/δ dual agonists (1a) has been discovered through rational design.
Two new series of monoamine triple reuptake inhibitors (TRIs) have been discovered through scaffold homologation of our recently reported series of 3,3-disubstituted pyrrolidine TRIs.
Potent inhibitors have been discovered through a series of modifications using the known SKI-II scaffold to define structure activity relationships.
