Atlantis astronauts wrap up spacewalk
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two shuttle Atlantis astronauts wrapped up a spacewalk on Friday to install a solar observatory and a science experiment on Europe's space lab. feeds.reuters.com
Dinosaur graveyard as tourist draw
Museums like El Chocón have sprung up in the past two decades in the Patagonian region of Argentina, one of the most active areas of exploration for dinosaur fossils in the world. iht.com
Catholic leader attacks "monstrous" embryo research
LONDON (Reuters) - Research using hybrid human-animal embryos for experiments is "monstrous" and should be banned, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland said on Friday. feeds.reuters.com
Hydrogen storage in nanoparticles works
Alpha Galileo: Dutch chemist Kees Baldé has demonstrated that hydrogen can be efficiently stored in nanoparticles. This allows hydrogen storage to be more easily used in mobile applications. Baldé discovered that 30 nanometre particles of the metal hydride sodium alanate make the favourable extraction and storage of hydrogen possible. nanoforum.org