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Solar-powered plane takes off for flight across U.S.  Friday, May 03, 2013 07:50 AM PDT By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A solar-powered airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the world took off early on Friday from San Francisco Bay on the first leg of an attempt to fly across the United States with no fuel but the sun's energy. The plane, dubbed the Solar Impulse, departed shortly after 6 a.m. local time from Moffett Field, a joint civil-military airport near the south end of San Francisco, heading first to Phoenix on a slow-speed flight expected to take 15 to 20 hours. ... Full Story	Top
Big drugmakers think small with nanomedicine deals  Friday, May 03, 2013 03:16 AM PDT By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so. The ability to encapsulate potent drugs in tiny particles measuring billionths of a meter in diameter is opening up new options for super-accurate drug delivery, increasing precision hits at the site of disease with, hopefully, fewer side effects. ... Full Story	Top

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