Stories by Russell Ruthen

Hoffmann's world of chemistry, poetry and pedagogy

Tiny crystal composites produce new metals and ceramics

New trap cools antiprotons to test nature's antisymmetry

Squeezed hydrogen forms metal with superconducting potential

How the neutron responds to a field that exerts no force

They ride a wave of electrons to attain Xray energies

The sum of the parts equals the square or even the circle

The comet may be a drifter from the fringes of the galaxy

Energy beams that stay in focus indefinitely can be generated

Policy recommendations for a national health-care program

Explosives help a sculptor to make bas-reliefs in metal

Computers on three continents factor an elusive number

New techniques create the best full-color holographic images

Terrestrial experiments mimic alien atmospheres

Momentum spectrometers expose the shape of orbitals