Stories by Larry Greenemeier

Palo Alto Research Center research fellow David Biegelsen, who has been at Xerox's legendary R&D lab from the beginning, talks with Scientific American about being at the forefront of the personal computing revolution that changed the way we work and live, along with the lab's other successes and setbacks

HP, IBM and some of the industry's heaviest hitters have their sights set on improving memory for mobile devices, but few can compete with flash's low cost

The push for wind as a renewable energy source has turbines sharing the same airspace as aircraft, with aging radar systems unable to tell the difference

CyberKnife and other noninvasive radiosurgery systems are producing ever more accurate energy beams, raising the possibility of extending the use of potentially lethal radiation to fight Parkinson's, epilepsy and other afflictions

M.I.T. start-up Lyric Semiconductor unveils flash memory error correction and has plans to improve online search, shopping and security

Earth orbit is no place for fumbling with reading glasses or getting headaches from bifocals

Beginning in certain 2013 models, GM promises to use a new AC refrigerant that breaks down faster in the atmosphere than currently used chemicals

RAD-AID, Project Hope and Philips Healthcare team up to assess the ability of communities in western China and northern India to use CT scans, MRIs and other imaging equipment to improve health care

When University of Aberdeen researchers encountered an undecipherable molecule from the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, IBM's fine-tuned atomic force microscope helped them complete the puzzle

Your Web-enabled mechanical stunt double is ready

Pretty well, once the technology to automatically respond to peak demand and store renewable energy matures