US scientists reject interference
BBC: Some 10000 US researchers have signed a statement protesting about political interference in the scientific process
Optics: Momentum in an uncertain light
Nature: How much momentum does light fer to a material through which it passes? This is a surprisingly opaque matter, contested for almost a century, that is still the object of theory and experimentation
The Little Satellite Fleet That Could
ScienceNow: Six microsatellites launched last April are proving that a tiny fleet of spacecraft is as good--if not better--than traditional satellites at forecasting Earth's weather
CDF collaboration finds new baryons that contain b quarks
Cern Courier: Researchers at the Tevatron at Fermilab have found two new heavy particles and two of their excited states. The CDF collaboration has observed the first Σb particles, made up of quark combinations uub and ddb.
The first solar power billionaire lives in China
Wall Street Journal: When he arrived in Australia 18 years ago as a physics student, Shi Zhengrong scraped by on a meager stipend from the Chinese government that he supplemented by working at a restaurant.
Olmert confirms Israel has nuclear weapons
Guardian Unlimited: Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, was yesterday trying to fend off accusations of ineptitude and calls for his resignation after he accidentally acknowledged for the first time that Israel had nuclear weapons
Google HQ powered by solar power
Wired: The search giant joins a growing trend by landscaping its headquarters' parking lots with pole-mounted panels that provide shade and generate clean power in one fell swoop
US-India nuclear technology deal passes Congress
The Washington Post: Congress today reversed decades of US policy aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, voting to allow expanded sales of civilian nuclear technology to India
OU turns off tv, switches to the web, DVD
The Observer: In an era when TV screens slept overnight in a blanket of white electronic snow, before video recorders, DVDs or remote controls, the Open University started broadcasting its heady mixture of particle physics and high art
Weather patterns change on Jupiter
The Washington Post: Md. scientists' satellite will offer glimpse of Jupiter's new storm
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