The absence of post earthquake fire permitted scientists and geologists to study earthquake damages on various types of construction.

This permits scientists, who work in a specially-fitted gondola large enough for two people and their equipment, to explore everything in the tower's radius safely.

Well preserved specimens of Chinese species such as Sinornis and Confuciusornis have permitted scientists to better understand the birds' early fossil history.

The flight will be the sixth since 1975 in which the Soviet Union has permitted American scientists to cooperate in medical studies to help predict human reaction to long space flights.

"There is no way I will permit my ships and scientists to stop and board vessels suspected of carrying illegal immigrants."

The second technique, neotectonics, permitted scientists to calculate the slip rate of each segment.

Researchers at the center said they were excited that the computer, essentially a scaled-down version of the Earth Simulator, would permit scientists to perfect programs that could run very quickly.

The only way we are going to beat avian influenza or any new virus-whether manufactured by humans or by nature-is by permitting serious scientists to work with every available tool.

That measure would ban cloning for reproduction, but permit scientists to conduct cloning experiments intended to produce cells and tissues for medical research.

The enormous number of photos which have been beamed back from the moon have permitted scientists to map its surface.