Dr. Radek Zelenka is a careful and precise scientist of the original Atlantis Expedition who often supplements the scientific decisions of the "equally brainy" Dr. Rodney McKay, with whom he has a friendly rivalry.
And they were so precise the scientists could tell where in the maze the rat would be if it were awake, and whether it would be moving or standing still.
Many 18th century paintings are known for their realism, but the work of the Italian painter Canaletto is so precise that scientists are using it to document sea-level change in Venice.
The two effects will get a new round of tests in May, when the two labs are scheduled to make velocity measurements with short-pulsed beams designed to give readings much more precise than scientists have achieved so far.
The technique is so precise that scientists are able to identify distinct brands of dye and determine whether the dye was temporary or permanent even when sampling a microscopic piece of hair.
The United States Geological Survey has not yet identified the precise fault, but scientists there said it was about 30 or 40 miles from the well-known San Andreas fault.
In fact, this idea gets to the heart of why debating the precise proportion of scientists who endorse the mainstream position on climate change is ultimately a distraction.
It is small comfort to sodden and stranded New Yorkers that Hurricane Sandy's flooding of the city's infrastructure, from power lines to subways to low-lying communities, was predicted in grimly precise detail by scientists in the latest state and city climate studies.
By now the picture of lost plates is precise enough for scientists to try rewinding the clock, reconstructing vanished worlds.
There is no precise timetable, but scientists think it could be a decade before a sensory feedback bionic hand is commercially available.
