The SciencesJuly 1, 1996
Mirror, Mirror
A whiff of supersymmetry at Fermilab
Stories by Philip Yam
Philip Yam is the managing editor of ScientificAmerican.com, responsible for the overall news content online. He began working at the magazine in 1989, first as a copyeditor and then as a features editor specializing in physics. He is the author of The Pathological Protein: Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting and Other Prion Diseases.
The SciencesJune 1, 1996
Catching a Coming Crime Wave
TechnologyMay 1, 1996
Remote Repair
Internet technology may allow equipment to be fixed from afar
The SciencesApril 1, 1996
Attack of the Killer Neutrinos
The SciencesApril 1, 1996
A Smattering of Antimatter
Physicists hope to get antihydrogen to live longer than 40 nanoseconds
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 1996
Escher for the Ear
TechnologyFebruary 1, 1996
Bose Knows P.R.
The SciencesJanuary 1, 1996
Rubbed Out with the Quantum Eraser
Making quantum information reappear
The SciencesDecember 1, 1995
The Mathematical Gamester
TechnologyNovember 1, 1995
Mind Meets Machine, Sort of
HealthNovember 1, 1995
Fiber that may not be good for you
Researchers investigate whether fiberglass causes cancer
TechnologyOctober 1, 1995
Writing on the Fringe
Interfering electrons could lead to atomic data storage
The SciencesAugust 1, 1995
Coming in from the Cold
The long-sought Bose-Einstein condensate turns up
The SciencesJuly 1, 1995
In the Atomic Corral
TechnologyJuly 1, 1995
Plastics Get Wired
By tailoring the electrical properties of conducting polymers, researchers hope to render electronics a bit more organic
Mind & BrainJuly 1, 1995
A Skeptically Inquiring Mind
Mind & BrainMay 1, 1995
As they Lay Dying
Near the end, artificial neural networks become creative
The SciencesApril 1, 1995
Catching That Wave
Atoms act like light—and get bent out of shape
The SciencesMarch 1, 1995
Talking Trash
Linguistic patterns show up in junk DNA
HealthFebruary 1, 1995
Dangerous Sex
New signs of risk taking prompt rethinking about AIDS prevention
TechnologyJanuary 1, 1995
The Man who would Hear Ocean Temperatures
TechnologyDecember 1, 1994
Trapped in the Light
Laser beams levitate droplets of superfluid helium
The SciencesNovember 1, 1994
Branching Out
Rivers suggest a new feature of self-organized criticality
Mind & BrainSeptember 1, 1994
Can I Buy you a Drink?