A mansion in London has been sold for a world record £70 million.
The 12-bedroom property in Kensington Palace Gardens was bought by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.

The draw of lucrative patent licensing deals in the technology sector is swelling the ranks of specialty patent businesses that try to turn technical breakthroughs into big money.

Rheology is the study of the flow of materials that behave in an interesting or unusual manner. Oil and water flow in familiar, normal ways, whereas mayonnaise, peanut butter, chocolate, bread dough, and Silly Putty flow in complex and unusual ways. In rheology, they study the flows of unusual materials.

Cellphone entertainment popularity is booming. Every week, Verizon Wireless subscribers pull 1.2 million games, ringtones, and other features from its ”Get it Now” service.

The natural regeneration of limbs, which has fascinated scientists for more than 200 years, is seen as possible if the secrets of a similar process in amphibians can be deciphered.

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration received a report detailing the results of the first major investigation into how the dietary supplements market should be regulated. And the conclusions, from the Institute of Medicine, are stark.