PZ's Minions are almost there. Go here to get the specs, then click through. The target site is under a lot of stress, so be gentle.
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For those who don't know, John Yates is one of the most important mass spec (or "proteomics") guys out there (i.e. applying mass spectrometry to identify what protein you are analyzing).
Corot has first discovery announcement
New Scientist has a teaser article(sub) about Corot...
On the audio front, National Semiconductor, long a player in analog semiconductors, has announced a couple new op amp families producing a total harmonic distortion plus noise spec of 0.00003%.