CHEMICAL NEWS

• 'Big Bang' machine to re-start
• UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
• Mammoth dung clue to extinction
• Hubble instruments sent to museum
• New skin 'may help burns victims'
• First test for record solar plane
• Spacewalk for shuttle astronauts
• Tribes resistance could help CJD
• Star Trek 'phaser' becomes reality - but only worms need be afraid
• A species of skate could be wiped out by commercial fishing
• Earth Watch
• 'It'll cost you'
• In pictures
• Outlook: cloudy
• Water woes
• Spaceman
• Climate: A question of justice
• From space race to human race
• Giraffes use 'supercharged' heart
• Seahorse 'hitchhikes' Atlantic
• Alcohol 'protects men's hearts'
• Shuttle docks with space station
• Mercury mission clears key hurdle
• How to explore Mars in a game
• LHC nears restart after repairs
• Energy-saving bulbs 'get dimmer'
• Baby ibex's epic struggle to live
• Corps blamed for Katrina floods
• DNA clue to save rare Darwin bird
• EU seeks Russian energy boost

• Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth (AP)
• Biologists save fish after landslide (AP)
• 3 new ancient crocodile species fossils found (AP)
• Zap! Light Used to Paralyze Tiny Creatures (LiveScience.com)
• Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study (AFP)
• Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling (Reuters)
• Ask AP: Shuttle complexity, credit union agency (AP)
• U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes (AP)
• Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable? (AP)
• Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission (AFP)
• New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (Reuters)
• Turkey scraps nuclear power plant tender (AFP)
• The nation's weather (AP)
• Stuck Mars Rover Finally Budges, a Little (SPACE.com)
• Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes (HealthDay)
• Cabinet approves solar power programme (Reuters)
• Evacuations underway as floods hit towns (AFP)

• Methane's Path to Captivity
• Cosmic Acceleration
• Acidic Ocean
• Light in the Slow Lane
• Early Ore Formation
• Periplasmic Redox Regulation
• Demise of the Megafauna
• Anti-HIV Antibody Constraints
• A-Maize-ing
• Gardening for Ants and Termites
• Dysbindin Function in Synaptic Homeostasis
• Hairy Polygon Solution
• Building Early Continents
• Plasmonic Probing of Catalysis
• Extinction Distinctions

• Slideshow: Ancient Crocs With a Dog-Like Walk
• Ants Eat Well, Thanks to Bacteria
• Want to Stop AIDS? Spend Big
• Herpes Never Sleeps
• Boosting Cognition in Down Syndrome
• Obama's Climate Question and an Answer for Global Health
• Curse of the Mummy? Could be Heart Disease
• Meditation Halves Risk of Heart Attack
• A Silent Killer in Bangladesh Wells
• Socially Awkward? Check Your Genes
• Birth of a (Magnetic) Heavyweight
• The Moon Is Wet!
• Slideshow: A Cavalcade of Boneworms
• A Physics Paradox: Holes That Block Light
• Some Pests Prefer Organic

• Development: The Digital Divide
• Molecular Biology: Domestic Tidying-Up
• Chemistry: Propping Up Cholesterol
• Biotechnology: Paths of Least Resistance