Stories by Philip E. Ross

Putting Up with Self

Critics warned of bad experiments and false hope. But Denise Faustman seems to be right about a strategy to regrow insulin-making cells killed off in diabetes

Viral Nano Electronics

M.I.T. breeds viruses that coat themselves in selected substances, then self-assemble into such devices as liquid crystals, nanowires and electrodes

The Expert Mind: Overview/Lessons from Chess

The Expert Mind

Studies of the mental processes of chess grandmasters have revealed clues to how people become experts in other fields as well

Half-Brained Schemes

What's all that gray matter good for, anyway?

Grow Your Own

Getting a diabetic pancreas to regrow its islets

Math without Words

Numerical reasoning seems independent of language

Draining the Language out of Color

Words mold many aspects of thought, says linguist Paul Kay, but not all aspects. The proof lies in the names the world's languages give to colors

Jurassic Virus?

Can't clone a Tyrannosaur? Then try chicken pox

Living Cure

Insulin-secreting implants approach human testing

Ancient Sleepers

Faux Fullerenes

Endangered Genes

Shaking the Tree

Will statistical analysis of DNA pinpoint human origins ?

Who were the Indo-Europeans?

Different Strokes

A two-stroke engine without the blues

Billions of Buckytubes

Mass production of carbon cylinders sparks interest

East of Eden

Compulsive Canines

Dogs that can't stop grooming provide clues to obsessions

Eloquent Remains

Nucleic acids and proteins trapped in ancient mummies and still more ancient bones can serve as time capsules of history. Molecular biologists are beginning to unlock their secrets.