1. IBM Develops Technology to Shrink Size of Super Computer to the Size of a Sugar Cube – The approach will see many computer processors stacked on top of one another, cooling them with water flowing between each one.The aim is to reduce computers’ energy use, rather than just to shrink them.
Source BBC 
2. Merck Develops New Drug to Cut Cholesterol – Merck has a potential blockbuster in anacetrapib, an experimental cholesterol drug that increases HDL, or “good” cholesterol even as it lowers LDL, the “bad” cholesterol. But don’t hold your breath. Cardiologists, patients and investors will have to wait until at least 2015 to find out whether anacetrapib protects the heart by reducing heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, Merck said.
Source: NYTimes
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