Technology: 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 Technology 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 News | Energy & Sustainability Behavior Frontiers: Can Social Science Combat Climate Change? Scientists remove some of the guesswork about how individuals will use energy in 2050 by looking at past campaigns to induce personal change and their effectiveness By Lisa Palmer Guest Blog | Technology Mixed cultures: art, science, and cheese With rising antibacterial resistance and appreciation for how bacteria maintain our digestive and immune health, attempting to strike a balance between cultivating helpful bacteria and keeping dangerous bacterial infections at bay is more important than ever, writes Christina Agapakis,a Harvard Medical School synthetic biology PhD student By Christina Agapakis Advertisement (Newsletter continues below) 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 Magazine | Technology A Remote That Shatters Glass An IBM researcher in Italy has patented a device that would, among other things, allow a disaster victim to press a button on a remote control and safely shatter a window several feet away By Anna Kuchment Expeditions | Technology Engineering students wrap up latest Tanzanian humanitarian project, pass the tipping point After months working in Tanzania to help improve sanitation and energy technologies, Dartmouth engineering students prepare for their return to the U.S. by ensuring that the rockets stoves they developed will be reproduced and used in local villages > Related: Student engineers evaluate their sustainable stove distribution program By Tim Bolger Advertisement (Newsletter continues below) Observations | More Science Readers' choices: Top 10 Scientific American stories of 2010 Trends include interactive features, technology, health and the human experience By Robin Lloyd Scientific American Mind | Mind & Brain MIND Reviews: The Tell-Tale Brain Gleaning insights from rare and intriguing neurological disorders, V. S. Ramachandran reveals how the human brain has evolved unique functions that separate us from other primates By Frank Bures News | More Science Rules of the Road: Electric Currents Move Racetrack Memory Bits with Precision The moving bits in the proposed data-storage scheme do not stop and start instantaneously, but their motion is easy to quantify By John Matson 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 Science Talk Vinod Khosla: Searching for the Radical Solution Clean technology investor Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, talks with Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti about the energy payoffs to be had by reinventing mainstream technologies 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