Accio signal transduction cascades!

So I was flipping through the July issue of Science and came across this caption under a photograph of some fluorescent blobby things:

"Fig. 3. Monitoring biological signaling processes by MAGIC."

Geez. If Harry Potter can do it, why are we wasting all this money? Flipped back to the beginning of the article. Abstract goes like:

"Technologies to asses the molecular targets of biomolecules in living cells are lacking. We have developed a technology called magnetism-based interaction capture (MAGIC) that identifies molecular targets on the basis of induced movement of superparamagnetic nanoparticles inside living cells."

Well, Arthur C. Clarke did say sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...mira!

Sorrylah. I'm very easily amused. And scientists are probably just as vulnerable as other people to the temptation to make up smartass acronyms...although not as much as politicians. I still find it hard to believe that the USA PATRIOT Act is an acronym. Biaks! Pui!