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<jats:p>Three American researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work describing telomeres, the repetitive DNA that caps the ends of chromosomes, and telomerase, the enzyme that makes the caps.</jats:p>

<jats:p>This year's Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists whose discoveries made the instantaneous dissemination of information and images possible.</jats:p>

<jats:p>U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins wound up his sixth week on the job with a splash last week, hosting a visit from President Barack Obama.</jats:p>

<jats:p> As if chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) hasn't caused enough brawls, a new study published online by <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> links the disease to a possibly contagious rodent retrovirus, XMRV, which has also been implicated in an aggressive form of prostate cancer. </jats:p>

<jats:p> Highlights from <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW this week include awards given to the silly side of science, a naturally occurring plant hormone that may expel pesticide residue in plant cells, how coin hoards helped solve an ancient Roman puzzle, and a 250 million-year-old-fungus. </jats:p>

<jats:p>After decades of flat funding, agricultural research seems to have caught the attention of U.S. policymakers, as Congress gave a 30% boost to the main competitive grants program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), raising it to $263 million for 2010.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider this week reported on the funding of three Energy Innovation Hubs, a study of dementia-related disorders in former players in the National Football League, a recent AIDS vaccine trial that may have been less successful than initially reported, and the U.K. Border Agency's decision not to determine nationality via DNA tests, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>The two great ice sheets—Greenland's and Antarctica's—have had plenty of press lately, what with galloping glaciers and whole lakes of meltwater plunging into ice holes in minutes. Surveys of ice-sheet volume made from planes and satellites have quantified these losses, but those assessments have been spotty in time, space, or both.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Major cancer centers say they're getting ready to genotype every patient's tumor, hoping to match them with drugs specifically tailored to halt tumor growth.</jats:p>