Stories by Philip Yam

Forbidden Light

Researchers design band-gap structures for photons

Reflecting Differences

Health care begins to address needs of women and minorities

Bonus Game

A microchip that plays pinball with electrons

Atomic Turn-on

Researchers demonstrate the first atom switch

Spin Cycle

Rotating nuclei share a few moments of inertia

Sol's Plumage

The eclipse provided a close look at the corona

AIDS Education May Breed Intolerance

Has AIDS Peaked?

Questions persist in modeling the deadly, atypical infection

Math Exorcise

A new algorithm lifts the curse of dimensionality

There's the Rub

Nanotribology reveals the atomic nature of friction

Freezing Point

When do atomic clusters behave like bulk materials?

Into the Lattice

Individual molecules reveal the dynamics inside a crystal

Grim Expectations

Life expectancy of blacks is sliding

Short-Order Cook

A stellar cannibal yields insights to pulsar evolution

Acacia Trees Kill Antelope in the Transvaal

Terrorist Shrimp Kidnaps for Defense

Stardust Memories

Carbon dust grains reveal clues to stellar chemistry