
A Conversation with Thomas Hertog, One of Stephen Hawking’s Final Collaborators
The theoretical physicist talks with Scientific American about the far-reaching implications of his final collaboration with his late friend and mentor

A Conversation with Thomas Hertog, One of Stephen Hawking’s Final Collaborators
The theoretical physicist talks with Scientific American about the far-reaching implications of his final collaboration with his late friend and mentor

Can This Man Beat the Flu with a Single Universal Vaccine?
Walter Fiers found a protein segment on the influenza virus that could lead to a universal flu vaccine, which would end seasonal shots and provide pandemic protection

The Search for a Universal Flu Vaccine: A Q&A with Walter Fiers
A vaccine that can eliminate seasonal flu shots and provide protection against pandemics? Walter Fiers discovered that targeting a particular protein segment on the influenza virus might just do the trick

Dangling a COROT
Space telescope aims to find more planets orbiting other stars

Escape from the Nucleus
Ionization via quantum tunneling observed

Escape from the Nucleus: Ionization via Quantum Tunneling Observed
Attosecond laser pulses permit the first direct views of an uncommon form of electron escape

Alone at the Top
Closer to god: fermilab makes solo top quarks

The Geometer of Particle Physics
Alain Connes's noncommutative geometry offers an alternative to string theory. In fact, being directly testable, it may be better than string theory

A Force to Reckon With
What applied the brakes on Pioneer 10 and 11?

Attosecond Laser Pulses

View from VIRGO
A new gravity observatory comes online