TechnologyDecember 1, 2014
Ultrasharp Video Cameras Record Motions of Nanoparticles
Electron microscope resolution for quick-and-dirty industrial applications
Stories by Ben Fogelson
Ben Fogelson is a AAAS Mass Media Fellow writing about science at Scientific American this summer. He's working on a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the University of California, Davis.
HealthAugust 15, 2014
Fact or Fiction?: The Tongue Is the Strongest Muscle in the Body
Is this agile appendage as brawny as people believe?
The SciencesJuly 28, 2014
First Winners of Largest Prize for Young Scientists Announced
New prize favors boldness and promise
The SciencesJuly 18, 2014
Remembrances of AIDS and HIV Workers Killed in Shot-Down Plane
HIV health workers, a WHO staffer and at least one top AIDS researcher were among those killed when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine
The SciencesJuly 10, 2014
“Smuggler” Protein Finding Could Be Used to Disrupt Bacterial Cell Walls
Stopping bacteria from maintaining their cell walls could lead to new ways to treat infections
The SciencesJuly 4, 2014
Celebrate the Fourth of July by Making Your Own Fireworks
Declare your independence with DIY sticks of burning metal, the science of free (or not so free) will, and a cephalopod surgeon
Mind & BrainJuly 3, 2014
Red Objects Strangely Feel Cooler to the Touch Than Blue Ones
A study reverses our usual expectations about sensation and colors, with a twist
The SciencesJune 27, 2014
This Week’s Coolest Science Stories
First-week-of-summer highlights include tech-savvy trees, gloppy oatmeal and vast swarms of now-extinct birds
The SciencesJune 23, 2014
With Awards Like the Breakthrough Prize, Who Needs a Nobel?
Five mathematicians, working in a field spurned by the Nobel academies as a matter of course, will receive $3-million awards of their own
The SciencesJune 20, 2014
Liquid Water in an Icy No Man’s Land
Scientists probe the strange physics of water at superlow temperatures
BiologyJune 16, 2014
How the Body's Cells Hold on Tight
Using mathematics to model a cell's force-producing machine
EvolutionJune 12, 2014
Collaborating Chimps Make for a Sweet Deal