Issue 16
Spring 2009
Letter From
the Editor

16 Photosynthesis

Illuminating alternatives for solar energy research

by Tracy Powell

22 Zap!

Magnets trip up brain function

by Colin Brown

27 Green Chemistry

Chemists clean up their act

by Lee Bishop and Mitch Anstey

31 Funding the Future

The HHMI contributes millions to Berkeley research

by Meredith Carpenter

36 Lab on a Chip

Tiny technologies offer big possibilities

by Paul Hauser

41 Peering into the Past

How archaeology informs our modern lives

by Hanadie Yousef

47 Spam Grows Up

The increasing threat of internet abuse

by Dan Gillick



8 Fishy Physics
Metamaterials bend light backward

10 Battle of the Bugs
The evolution of bacterial immunity

12 Train Your Brain
How video games can be good for you

13 Poo Power
Harnessing the energy of waste

14 Reaching Out
Building relationships between science and society







54 Book Review

Born to Be Good
by Dacher Keltner

by Paul Crider

55 Who Knew?

So Smart After all


Sticky Fingers
Looking for bosons
Hotwired
Mars in your backyard
Look both ways





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