Links for 2010-01-06

First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
"The rocky planet CoRoT-7 b is, however, a forbidding place. If its orbit is not almost perfectly circular, then the planet might be undergoing continuous, fierce volcanic eruptions…"
(tags:space )Neuroengineers silence brain cells with multiple colors of light
"Neuroscientists at MIT have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted...