Stories by Elizabeth Corcoran

The MBAs of Summer

Redesigning Research

As U.S. spending on industrial research and development flags, a few companies are trying to invent new rules.

Overcoming the Short-Term Syndrome

Compensation Beyond the Call of Duty

Charlotte's Patent

Spider webs and other proteins inspire engineers

Avoiding the Potholes on Optical Highways

Holey Silicon

Looking for light at the end of a chip

Tuning in Hot Signals

Disarming Developments

They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

The Discreet Disappearance of the Bourgeoisie

Picture Perfect

Europe has bet heavily on HDTV. The outcome may presage whether 1992 will mark the emergence of a unified technological power.

Tacky Lasers are the Tiniest yet

Coping with Math Anxiety

Thinking of Machines

Hillis & Company race toward a teraflops

The Analytical Economist

Rethinking Research

Bell Labs seeks a new model for industrial research

Body Heat

QWIPs offer a new way to see in the dark

An Illusion of Economic Stability?

Trading Leisure Time for More Goods?

True Blue

A zinc compound adds to the laser spectrum