My favorite random number generator evaluated the expression (+ 1 (random 47)) to the value “2”: Andy McKenzie, please send email me a suitable address (see the About page), and I’ll send you the book promised in the giveaway.
Andy suggested discussing potential applications of nanotechnology to neuroscience and noted a 2007 article in the journal Neuroscience that reported the use of carbon nanotubes as electrical interfaces to cultured nerve cells. I expect neuroscience to be an important area of application for a range of nanotechnologies, for at least two basic reasons:
- The scale of nanostructures is a good fit to the scale of the structures in neural tissue.
- Nanotechnologies provide ways to control surface structures at the molecular scale, and this will be of great importance in developing stable and effective interfaces to cells.
A range of future topics will offer opportunities to describe applications in neuroscience. Thanks to you all, and I’ll say more in future posts about topics raised in other comments.
