Features September 2004
Plugging brains into computers
With neurons being grown on silicon chips, Michael Gross investigates the possibility of direct communication between man and machine.
Anyone who has a heart...
. is also the proud owner of a heartbeat working under the control of a number of membrane spanning proteins known as voltage dependent ion channels. Andy Extance gets to the heart...
Illuminating lacquer layers
Lacquered surfaces can be affected by light, water, oxygen and coatings such as waxes and varnishes. Sarah Houlton explores how a piece in the UK's Victoria and Albert museum's col...
The missing link
Comparative genome analysis has changed theories about evolution and disease. Andrew West examines how it may also change ideas about drug development.
