Some of the more interesting and important items for April 3rd :

• Tokyo Electric Uses Sawdust in Attempt to Stop Radiation Leaking Into Sea – Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Power Co. used a mix of polymer, sawdust and newsprint in an attempt to stop radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant seeping into the sea.
• IBM’s Tiny Technology Rips Up Drug-Resistant Germ Cells in Early Studies – Bloomberg – Engineers based in IBM’s San Jose, California, facility created nanoparticles 50,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair that can search out and obliterate the cell walls of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic drugs. The minute structures harmlessly degrade, leaving no residue, according to a study describing the work in the journal Nature Chemistry.
• Assessing the Radiation Danger, Near and Far – Graphic – NYTimes.com – Assessing the Radiation Danger, Near and Far<br />
  Current assessments of the radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by the Japanese authorities, the International Atomic Energy Agency and others.
• German Banks Are Critical of Tough Standards for Stress Tests – NYTimes.com – FRANKFURT — A review of European banks could become a day of reckoning for some troubled German institutions, amid signs that the authorities may impose a tough standard for the funds that can be used to meet reserve requirements.
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