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Smart Medicines
Applying engineering
principles to the manufacture
of machines, albeit biological
ones, seems intuitive but it
also has enormous potential
for engineering our own biology.
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In Other News...
SIZE really isn't everything you know
New findings by scientists at Imperial
College London have cast doubt on the
legacy of 'the island rule'.
| | Shake on it
Girls, forget about Facebook and
trawling through his old text messages
– the key to your boyfriend's past lies
in his handshake.
| Magnetic personality
Physical attraction has reached another
level for Aurel Raileanu. The 40-yearold
Romanian claims that he can attract
metal, enabling him to stick objects – as
small as a paper clip or as large as a TV
set – directly to his body.
| | Drunksophila!
What differentiates a lightweight from a
heavyweight when it comes to drinking?
Identifying the genes involved is tricky
in humans due to a lack of control over
both genetic and environmental factors.
| Handlebar heroes
Take your mind back to the
month of November. Perhaps
you noticed an increase in the
number of mustachioed men
walking our streets? If so, you
may have been witness to some of the
hundreds of men growing a moustache
for charity.
| | Wellcome flesh
Late last year, the Wellcome
Collection played host to
'Materials Library Presents
Flesh: an experimental and
experiential insight into the
materiality of flesh'.
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In This Issue...
The living computer
One of the most fascinating potential devices to come from synthetic biology is a biological computer – a 'living computer' – capable of processing functions in the biological world, such as the inside of a human cell, or in environments where conventional computers cannot go, like the ocean floor. Researchers at Imperial developed an oscillator from E. coli bacteria earlier this year.
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Hungry? We can read your mind
Feeling hungry? We can tell. Scientists at Imperial College can measure how hungry or full a mouse feels with a new technique that uses magnetic resonance imaging. Their groundbreaking technique enables observation of neuronal activity in regions of the brain regulating appetite.
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