Health & Biology: Microbubbles Used to Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier

To view this email as a web page, go here. You received this email because you opted-in to receive email from Scientific American. To ensure delivery please add newsletters@reply.sciam.com to your address book. Log in or Register Manage Your Newsletter Subscriptions Manage Your Profile Energy & Sustainability Evolution Health Mind & Brain Space Technology + More Science Health & Biology December 29, 2010 Forward to a Friend | Subscribe | RSS Scientific American Magazine | Mind & Brain Microbubbles Used to Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier Tiny bubbles may help lifesaving drugs cross a crucial boundary By Jeneen Interlandi Scientific American Magazine | Mind & Brain 100 Trillion Connections: New Efforts Probe and Map the Brain's Detailed Architecture (Preview) The noise of billions of brain cells trying to communicate with one another may hold a crucial clue to understanding consciousness By Carl Zimmer Features | Mind & Brain Can You Live Forever? Maybe Not--But You Can Have Fun Trying In this chapter from his new e-book, journalist Carl Zimmer tries to reconcile the visions of techno-immortalists with the exigencies imposed by real-world biology By Carl Zimmer Advertisement (Newsletter continues below) Features | Health Interdisciplinary Research Partnerships Set Out to Uncover the Physics of Cancer Medical researchers are trying a new approach in their decades-long quest to control and cure cancers--they are seeking the help of experts in unrelated fields such as physics, engineering and computer science By Olivia Koski Guest Blog | Health I don't have a 28-day menstrual cycle, and neither should you The frequency of such a cycle in any given woman’s life, in any given month, is pretty low By Kathryn Clancy Scientific American Mind | More Science Why do I get a slump in mental energy after eating a meal? Paul Li, lecturer of cognitive science at the University of California, Berkeley, offers an explanation By Paul Li Advertisement (Newsletter continues below) Observations | Evolution Genomes for wild strawberries and fine cacao sequenced The latest genomes for food crops reveal genetic traits for healthier, heartier products By Katherine Harmon Guest Blog | Technology Mixed cultures: art, science, and cheese Cheeses and other microbe-rich foods lie at the heart of a post-Pasteurian debate over the positive impact of microbes on our health and happiness By Christina Agapakis Observations | Evolution Fossilized food stuck in Neandertal teeth indicates plant-rich diet Some of the Paleolithic snacks seem to have included legumes, date palms and grass seeds--some of which had been cooked By Katherine Harmon Scientific American Magazine | More Science The Bright Spots of Kids' TV Four programs may help stimulate an early interest in the sciences By Lauren Rubenzahl Scientific American January 2011 Inside this issue » Try a risk-free issue! Follow Scientific American Email Alerts RSS Feeds Facebook Twitter YouTube iTunes Podcasts Podcasts 60-Second Science Self-Reported Empathy Dropped Over Last 30 Years Analysis of some 14,000 college student surveys over the last three decades finds that self-reported levels of empathy for others have decreased Sign Up for other Scientific American Newsletters | Manage Your Profile | Forward to a Friend This message was sent to: dediadikku.suratmail@blogger.com If you would like to change your email address or alter your HTML/Text preference for this Scientific American mailing, use this link to set up your profile. Scientific American values your privacy and will promptly remove your email address if you wish to unsubscribe. In many instances we can remove your email address from our list within 24 to 48 hours, but in some instances it may take up to 10 business days. To remove your name from this Scientific American list, please unsubscribe here. If you have any comments, feedback or complaints regarding Scientific American's email newsletters please send them to webmaster@sciam.com. This message was sent by ScientificAmerican.com using Silverpop(TM). Use this link to view our privacy policy. This email was sent by: Scientific American, Inc. 75 Varick St, New York, NY, 10013, USA