Inside Energy Extra

9/20 A daily report on U.S. energy policy
[ORNL users only]
** Solyndra executives to take Fifth
** House vote to delay EPA rules expected
** Finding new safety chief tough: Bromwich
** Border talks to stall some GOM blocks

ILL sets ultra-cool neutron science record

(BBC) Researchers have trapped the greatest number of the subatomic particles known as neutrons ever held in place. The method could lay bare a number of as-yet unknown basic properties of the particles and even help shed light on how the Universe formed in the first fleeting moments after the Big Bang....9/21

Where Falling Satellite Lands Is Anyone's Guess

(NPR) Sometime this week, a school bus-sized satellite will fall to Earth after two decades in orbit. Most of it will burn up in the atmosphere, but some pieces — and one possibly as large as 300 pounds — are expected to hit the ground....9/21

Study reveals sex life of deep-sea squid

(PhysOrg) The sex life of Octopoteuthis deletron is a cruelly hit-or-miss affair, according to candid footage of the deep-sea squid in its element, unveiled Wednesday....9/21

Primitive Birds Shared Dinosaurs' Fate

(Science Daily) A new study puts an end to the longstanding debate about how archaic birds went extinct, suggesting they were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that put an end to dinosaurs 65 million years ago....9/19

The Power of a Supernova

(Wired) How can you see something around 39 million light years away? You can see this supernova because it is 10 billion times more luminous than the Sun – just in the visible spectrum....9/21

Noncommunicable diseases may prove harder to control than other ailments

(Washington Post) For much of history, most people died of such things as cold, childbirth, violence and microbes that hand-delivered infection to every organ in the body. But the major killers now are a drab regiment marching under the banner of "noncommunicable disease."...9/19