Stories by Nikhil Swaminathan

Suit Up! Breathable Rubber Keeps Chemicals Out without the Sweat

While Signals Keep Firing, Memories Hold Still in the Brain

Making Cottonseeds Edible--if You Want to Eat Them

Nanoparticles Home in on Brain Cancer

Resilient Robot Hobbles Along, Even if Injured

New four-legged machine can assess damage to its body and adapt its gait accordingly

Genomic "Time Machine" May Pinpoint Divergence of Human and Neandertal

Nanotubes Grow Smaller than a Nanometer

Testing Improves Retention--Even of Material Not on Exam

Rust Could Be the Key to Arsenic-Free Water

Surface Gassing May Be Evidence of Volcanically Active Moon

Sharing Your Cake--and Eating it, Too

High IQs May Help Thwart Post-Traumatic Stress

The Fountain of Youth at the Bottom of a Wine Bottle?

Being Cool Could Be the Key to a Longer Life

Losing Virginity at Younger Ages? Not So, Global Sex Survey Finds