Nobel Prize in Physics

Engineer's small footprint leaves big mark on world (The News & Observer)

20 Jul 2008

Jayant Baliga is a man of average size, but he probably has the world's smallest footprint.

Creator of Templeton Prize Dies (Zenit News Agency)

19 Jul 2008

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, JULY 18, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Philanthropist Sir John Templeton, founder of the Templeton Foundation, died of pneumonia last week at a hospital in the Bahamas. He was 96.

In print (Science News)

19 Jul 2008

From CT, PET and MRI to the original X, a vast alphabetical arsenal of tools tells doctors what is going on inside the body. But despite their successes, these tools often fail to detect the subtle changes that signal the imminent onset of illness.