Neural scans measure relative blood flow in the brain, an indication of how vigorously a region is being recruited into action.
Its outcome has also been seen as a test of how vigorously white-collar crime in Japan would be investigated and punished by the authorities, who have been accused of being soft, especially with large, well-connected corporations.
Prof. William Kovacic of the George Washington Law School said that until now, the administration has given few signs of how vigorously it will enforce antitrust laws, which areas it will focus on and how much of a priority antitrust will be.
On Friday, in one sign of how vigorously he is being courted, Bill Clinton called into Mr. Sharpton's nationally syndicated radio talk show to explain his use of the phrase "fairy tale" in a critique of the Obama campaign this week.
"The more distant the galaxy, the further back in time one is looking, so by measuring their distances, we can piece together a timeline of how vigorously the universe was making new stars at different stages of its 13.7-billion-year history," Vieira said.
TOKYO--Peering at two of the three most distant galaxies ever sighted has given astronomers the earliest glimpse yet of how vigorously galaxies created stars in the first billion years after the big bang and may help astronomers nail down that and other key cosmological parameters.
