The Congress of Neuro-Endocrinolgy(subject: biochemistry of nervous systems and apps arising) Conference is coming this week. We'll be there to sort and report consumer newsworthies.
Meantime..

National Institute of Standards and Technology chemists researching plastic microsystems say biochips in your future are very likely.
Lab-on-a-chip systems are miniaturized chemical and biochemical analyzers for quick and low cost tests. Presently they are a glass apparatus but plastics are on the way
. Technical issues are how do fluids flow in plastic microchannels and accurately measuring fluid temperatures--to ensure correct chemical reactions--is another. A technique for sustaining ionic properties of solutions at nanolitres(=billionth litre) volumes is critical.Brilliant laser micro-engineering on microchannel walls has given a basis for mixing solutions within such tiny systems.

And some entertaining reading.
Keeping My (Differently-Sized) Eyes On You.
People with asymmetrical bodies are more likely to be jealous lovers, notes Alison Motluk in this unusual report.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992698
PS: We wondered what it was about Brad Pitt that ravers go for :-)
And then Reuters came in with this.. for the guys.. about other guys..
Stunning new research reveals that men don't like being compared to buff, muscled hunks..
http://www.reuters.com news_article.jhtml?type=healthnews&StoryID=1373713
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