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Luis Alvarez celebrate the Nobel Prize for Physics

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Physicist Luis Walter Alvarez was born on June 13, 1911 in San Francisco, California. His research concerned radioactive elements but also radars. For his dvelopments theoretical and practical concerning research on particles he received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968. During the last years of his life he worked with his son Walter Alvarez on the theory of the extinction of the dinosaurs due to an asteroid strike.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour taking off for its last mission (photo NASA)

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This morning the Space Shuttle Endeavour landed safely at the end of its last mission. It was the last of 25 missions which included several activities related to the International Space Station, scientific experiments and also a service mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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On May 19 the IPO for the professional social network LinkedIn will start. Trading will take place at the New York Stock Exchange and the symbol of the company will LNKD. 7.84 million shares will be sold at a price per share between $32 and $35 so at the end of the IPO LinkedIn should be valued around $3 billion.