May 25, 2010
Future pandemics of seasonal flu, H1N1 and other drug-resistant viruses may be thwarted by a potent, immune-boosting payload that is effectively delivered to cells by gold nanorods, scientists report.

Although the tyrannosaur made news, other fossils sold at auction may also have been looted.
Paleontologists have a simple reason to believe the fossils came illegally from Mongolia.
The dinosaur tentatively sold at auction is known as Tarborsaurus to most scientists.
Opportunity was perched at the rim of Mars' Endeavour Crater when it took the picture.
Researchers are trying to understand the origins of the beautiful planetary nebula Sharpless 2-71.
Decades of rigorous research, testing and development performed in the Entry Systems and Technology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered Ames' thermal protection engineers the respect of not just other government agencies, but also commercial entities. The successful re-entry in late May or early June ...
We’ve all heard earthquakes described in terms of their magnitude number. But what does this scale really mean? This video illustrates the variation of energy released in easy-to-understand terms.
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