The SciencesJanuary 1, 2004
Seeing Single Photons
A superconducting way to spot photons one by one
Stories by Graham P. Collins
The SciencesOctober 6, 2003
The Next Big Chill
Physicists close in on a new state of matter
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2003
Fatal Attachments
Extremely low energy electrons can wreck DNA
The SciencesJuly 1, 2003
Holographic Control
Liquid-crystal holograms form photonic crystals
The SciencesMarch 1, 2003
Getting Warmer
Magnetic semiconductors reach higher temperatures
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2003
Heat and Light
Does negative refraction really exist?
TechnologyNovember 1, 2002
Selling the Free Lunch
Perpetual motion has changed its name but not its methods
The SciencesNovember 1, 2002
Revising Relativity
Scientists try to outdo Einstein
TechnologyOctober 14, 2002
Claude E. Shannon: Founder of Information Theory
With the fundamental new discipline of quantum information science now under construction, it's a good time to look back at an extraordinary scientist who single-handedly launched classical information theory
TechnologyOctober 1, 2002
There's No Stopping Them
Perpetual motion is alive and well at the U.S. patent office
The SciencesMarch 1, 2002
Superfluid Freeze
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2002
Setback for Super-K
Disaster blinds the world's leading neutrino detector
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2002
Fractional Success
A new theory of everything? Probably not
The SciencesDecember 1, 2001
Trillions Entwined
Clouds of Atoms Are Linked By A Weird Quantum Yoke
The SciencesNovember 1, 2001
Plus ça Change
Has a fundamental constant varied over the aeons?
The SciencesOctober 1, 2001
Magnetic Revelations
Functional MRI highlights neurons receiving signals
TechnologySeptember 1, 2001
Shamans of Small
Like interstellar travel, time machines and cyberspace, nanotechnology has become one of the core plot devices on which science-fiction writers draw
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2001
SNO Nus Is Good News
The Latest on Mutating Neutrinos Solves the Solar Neutrino Problem
The SciencesAugust 1, 2001
Computing with Light
Classical Waves For Pseudo Quantum Computing
The SciencesJune 1, 2001
New Trick from Old Dog
A Magnesium Compound Is A Startling Superconductor
The SciencesMay 1, 2001
Microscopic Maelstrom
The SciencesApril 1, 2001
Ultimate Stop Motion
An Experimental Tour de Force Puts Pulses of Light on Ice
The SciencesMarch 1, 2001
Trapped over a Chip
Microchips that control hovering atoms may lead to new quantum computers
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2001
Higgs Won't Fly
CERN declines a massive opportunity to find the Higgs particle