Stories by JR Minkel

New Path to Ammonia

All Gassed Up

Strangeness in Our Midst?

Turning Back the Clock

Memorable Nanorings

When in Doubt

A Pulse for Magnetic Memory

Snoop Tube

Unmaking Memories: Interview with James McGaugh

In the sci-fi thriller Paycheck, an engineer has his memory erased after completing a sensitive job. Scientific American.com spoke with a leading neurobiologist to find out just how close scientists are to controlling recall...

A Tunnel for Better Wireless

Fly by Light

Borrowed Time: Interview with Michio Kaku

A theoretical physicist contemplates the plausibility of time travel

Healing the Grid

Several near-term solutions can keep the juice flowing

Missing: One-Quarter Hydrogen

Barrier-Free Nanotubes

Vostok Pop Top

Why Neutrons Outweigh Protons

Law and Disorder

A quantum steam engine gets around the second law

Packing 'Em On

Strung Out on the Universe: Interview with Raphael Bousso