Stories by Russell Ruthen

The threatened SSC casts a pall over particle physics

Can advanced accelerators initiate runaway reactions?

Enormous polymer sheets promise unusual properties

Descending toward the coldest state of matter

Have all six flavors finally been observed?

Black holes power the brightest galaxies, but how?

A new accelerator peers inside protons

Why a magnetic field is the enemy of superconductivity

Scientists hope to explore the nature of gravity and the frontiers of the universe by detecting gravitational waves. The U.S. government has promised them $211 million to build two kilometer-size detectors. Will they succeed?

A quantum system can be observed without an observer

Opaque gases can be made transparent using laser light

... and particles are particles, and never the twain shall meet

Will quantum effects wreak havoc on magnetic data storage?

Binary-optics developers focus on sensors and communications

Is the U.S. underestimating Hussein's nuclear capability?

An undersea link between Great Britain and France

Binding spheres with light forms curious crystals