Delayed clamping
Healthy newborn babies whose umbilical cords were clamped 3 minutes after birth had higher iron levels at 4 months old and a lower rate of neonatal anaemia compared with babies who had their cord clamped 10 seconds after birth. Delayed clamping was not associated with any adverse side effects ().
Stalled probe
The world’s radio dishes were still trying to make contact with Russia’s Phobos-Grunt probe when Â鶹´«Ã½ went to press. The craft, built to visit Mars’s moon Phobos, has been stranded in Earth orbit since its launch on 8 November. If it…
