BIOLOGICAL REMAINS OF EXTINCT ANIMAL ENTOMBED IN STONE

Swedish researchers found amino acids inside the bones of a 70-million-year-old giant marine lizard.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110502092255.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

TOOTH DECAY BREAKTHROUGH

Scientists in Oxfordshire have claimed a breakthrough in battling tooth decay.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-13267753

FROGS LEGS GALVANISED INTO ACTION AGAIN

Scientists from Italy, the UK and France have observed for the first time at the molecular scale how muscle proteins change form and structure inside an intact and contracting muscle cell.

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/04/11/scientists.flex.their.muscles.solve.old.problem

COULD CITY S**T BE GOOD FOR FARMING?

Enzo Lombi from the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination, Assessment and Remediation of the Environment talks about synchrotron analysis of lead and cadmium contaminants in biosolids produced by cities. If these contaminants can be dealt with, biosolids could be used as farm manure.

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2011/s3213903.htm