Smaller And More Efficient Nuclear Battery CreatedSource: Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Oct. 9, 2009) — Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves.
Photo Gallery: Microscopic Photographic ArtSource: The New York Times
Since 1975, Nikon has been awarding annual prizes to scientists and enthusiasts who take pictures through a microscope. Popularly known as a maker of professional and consumer cameras, the company is also a major manufacturer of biological and industrial microscopes.
The Skinny on Skinny Girl IssuesSource: Xanga.com
I always hated it when people called me "skinny." Throughout school it was said so disparagingly by some guys that I was always left feeling guilty and ashamed. Of course now I know I had no reason to feel that way, but I was young.
Tiny bride wows Sierra LeoneSource: BBC News
Thousands of people have thronged the streets of the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, to see one of the country's shortest people get married.
Masire Kamara is well known in the city where she sells tea in a market.
Most electronic voting systems can be hacked, CIA expert saysSource: Raw Story
CIA expert told panel he wouldn't divulge CIA's interest in voting systems in a unclassified setting
A top CIA cybersecurity expert told the US Election Assistance Commission last month that most electronic voting systems are insecure, according to transcripts obtained by McClat …
Baby Born Weighing 1 Pound Goes Home Source: justnews.com
Under normal circumstances, Hailey Lynn Pleur, whose mom's due date was Feb. 23, would most likely have gone home on Feb. 26.
Scottish Government to protect tiny snails.Source: BBC News
One of the world's smallest and rarest snails, measuring less than a millimetre in width, has received special protection.
The Scottish Government has designated Garron Point, near Stonehaven, as a special conservation area as it is home to the narrow-mouthed whorl snail.

This baby marmoset is a small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails.
Photo Courtesy of Letocar.com
Could Tiny Diatoms Help Offset Global Warming?Source: Science Daily
Diatoms -- some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair -- are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the Earth's atmosphere.
'World's smallest radio' unveiledSource: BBC News
The world's tiniest radio is a step closer to reality.
US scientists have unveiled a detector thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair that can translate radio waves into sound.
Life on MarsSource: The Dilbert Blog
Imagine that we find life on Mars but it is very tiny – say the size of a microbe. Then let's say that those Martian life forms are super intelligent, and friendly, and peaceful. The only thing wrong with them is that they are really, really small.
Samsung's Anorexic MouseSource: Gavilan''s WeBlog
Thin is in, unless you are a catwalk strutting model. When it comes to computer and electronics products, thin is all the rage and Samsung is looking to capitalize on the desire for tiny peripherals with their latest mouse destined to be used for notebook and UMPC systems.
Scientists have discovered the world's tiniest fishSource: The Sydney Morning Herald
Scientists from Europe and Singapore say they have discovered the world's tiniest fish - a species that lives in peat wetlands in South-East Asia and, when fully grown, is the size of a large mosquito.