Stories by JR Minkel

Supercold atoms learn how to play catch with light

Advocates of a human Hobbit reveal what--if anything--would make them soften their stance

Closing in on drugs that could boost the immune systems of HIV sufferers

Nanowires carved from silicon detect small traces of protein and might be amenable to mass production

Scientists try to track down how and why pandemic flu takes flight in an attempt to prepare for it

Prize-winning microviews of everything from mouse retinas to slime mold: Click here to launch the image gallery

Move comes just as researchers revive the debate over the Hobbit's humanity

Finance ministers are scheduled to announce a pledge of up to $1.5 billion to buy and provide vaccines to developing countries quickly

Researchers predict the materials Intel and IBM may have chosen to make their just-announced ultrasmall transistors

Snake loads up on noxious predator repellant by consuming poisonous toads

For every table—turn, turn, turn... there is a proof

New material stiffens at water's touch

But will it ever make it into your computer?

Short answer: it can't

Proposed posture for a feathered dinosaur stirs controversy

Cross-eyed microscopy technique may diagnose tumors without biopsy

Forget bleach: this bug may be the key to whiter whites

Long-awaited discovery of stable organic molecules that magnetize at room temperature

Tabletop experiment puts new limits on string theory

Hydraulic lab-on-a-chip shows its stuff by revealing where proteins stick to genes

Hint: Precisely insert large swaths of human DNA into the mouse genome

Precise measurements of zircon's dismal durability may point the way to better radiation-proof containers