A jolt brings Corning back to its research roots

January 11th, 2009 By BEN DOBBIN , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- By day, Kishor Gadkaree puts samples of a honeycomb-shaped filter into a miniature gas chamber that simulates the insides of a coal-burning smokestack.



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