Magnet on the brain
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Researchers are developing a new method of stereotaxis which will hopefully allow for neurosurgeons to reach damaged brain tissue without effecting healthy brain tissue. Magnetic resonance imaging would direct a magnetic pellet the size of a rice grain through the brain.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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Facing a new menace
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Issues concerning the need to improve the standards of airport security technology are discussed, in the context of the terrorist attack on New York in September 2001. Particular attention is given to the security implications of the tragic event.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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The mathematical gamester
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Mathematician Martin Gardner considers himself a philosophical theist rather than a Christian. He is the author of over a thousand mathematical game problems although he never had any formal training in mathematics.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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