The SciencesAugust 1, 2008
News Bytes of the Week: Large Hadron Collider gets its own rap song
Hot and spicy salmonella; Promising Alzheimer's drug; EPA studies nanotech safety; White Knight Two debuts; and more...
Stories by Larry Greenemeier
Larry Greenemeier is the associate editor of technology for Scientific American, covering a variety of tech-related topics, including biotech, computers, military tech, nanotech and robots.
TechnologyAugust 1, 2008
Sandia Scientists Capture Ice Growth at the Nanoscale [Slide Show]
A modified scanning tunneling microscope reveals ice crystal patterns as they grow
HealthAugust 1, 2008
Government scientist accused of masterminding 2001 anthrax mailings dies in apparent suicide
The SciencesAugust 1, 2008
Updates: Whatever Happened to Robotic Limbs?
Genomic Exit -- Mind-Controlled Limbs -- Ad Hoc Networks -- Isolated Peoples
Space & PhysicsJuly 30, 2008
Voyaging to the Stars on a Solar Breeze: Space Sail to Take Flight
New approaches to space sail technology could give a much-needed push to interplanetary, and even interstellar, travel
TechnologyJuly 29, 2008
EPA set to study nanotech safety: chemical companies send in data to aid research
HealthJuly 28, 2008
Bill Gates just says no to smoking at the Beijing Olympics
HealthJuly 25, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--Cell phones: The new cigarettes?
Peppers fingered as salmonella culprits; Does soy lower sperm count?; Robot surveillance dragonfly takes flight; and more …
TechnologyJuly 25, 2008
Colorado "Spam King" Dead in Apparent Murder/Suicide
Edward Davidson reportedly shot his wife and daughters before turning the gun on himself after escaping from minimum-security prison
July 24, 2008
A Tale of Two "Spam Kings"
One is put behind bars as another escapes from prison
TechnologyJuly 23, 2008
Robot dragonfly takes flight
TechnologyJuly 22, 2008
Spying on the Spies [Slide Show]
State Department shows off Cold War-era electronic eavesdropping gadgets
Space & PhysicsJuly 22, 2008
NASA plans GPS-like system for return to the moon
July 21, 2008
Phoning It In: Software Turns Mobile Phone into Personal Newscam
Qik's latest software delivers live, streaming video--but Congress doesn't want the technology in its House
HealthJuly 18, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--Tomatoes get thumbs-up; but peppers still hot
NASA visitors boldly go; Italian cyclist booted for doping; Tattoos tattle on problem prisoners; Solar-powered racing cars; Grunting fish; and more...
TechnologyJuly 18, 2008
Hackers convene Last HOPE conference in the Big Apple
EnvironmentJuly 17, 2008
Looking at lightning's nuts and bolts with X-rays
Mind & BrainJuly 16, 2008
Tattletale Tats: Tattoos tip prison psychiatrists to trouble
TechnologyJuly 11, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--Second coming: The new iPhone is here
Killer hot peppers; Straightening kids' spines; Netting mosquitoes; Retiring the shuttle; and more...
TechnologyJuly 11, 2008
Apple's latest line: New 3G iPhone hits the streets
HealthJuly 11, 2008
Implant for children promises to straighten young spines
TechnologyJuly 11, 2008
I Hear Ya: Bush Signs Expanded Wiretap Power into Law
President scores victory in effort to widen scope of federal government's warrantless recon power
TechnologyJuly 9, 2008
Deconstructing Art to Save It: Laser Analysis Tested to Restore Paintings
New exhibit shows how technology helps to study and restore artwork
The SciencesJuly 7, 2008
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