Today’s physics news: Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Daily news — By Lena on January 18, 2011 at 11:07 am

In today’s news round-up: ‘Galileo boss’ falls in Wiki row and laser-controlled worms lay eggs on cue

‘Galileo boss’ falls in Wiki row
The head of the company building the spacecraft for the EU project intended to rival GPS loses his job after comments reported in a Wikileaks cable.
BBC

Laser-controlled worms lay eggs on cue
See how genetic engineering and laser optics combine in an unusual experiment to control a worm in real time
New Scientist