TechnologyJuly 1, 1997
The Infinitesimal Gets Smaller
Stories by W. Wayt Gibbs
W. Wayt Gibbs is a contributing editor for Scientific American based in Seattle. He also works as a scientific editor at Intellectual Ventures.
TechnologyJuly 1, 1997
Taking Computers to Task
HealthJuly 1, 1997
Helping Heartache
Surgeons blast holes through the heart to relieve chest pain
TechnologyMay 1, 1997
World Wide Widgets
HealthMay 1, 1997
Taming Tremor
A pacemaker for the brain nears approval
The SciencesApril 1, 1997
Dredging The Digestive System
Polymer-based drugs sweep out cholesterol and other undesirables
The SciencesApril 1, 1997
From Satan to Zen
The SciencesMarch 31, 1997
Peeking and Poking at DNA
New microscopy techniques observe life's molecules in action
The SciencesMarch 1, 1997
COMPUTER BOMBS
The SciencesMarch 1, 1997
LINGUISTICS
A MATTER
OF LANGUAGE
The SciencesFebruary 24, 1997
Beyond Modems
Entrepreneurs are extending the Internet to everyday appliances
The SciencesFebruary 1, 1997
Making Sense
Microsoft uses a dictionary to teach computers English
The SciencesJanuary 1, 1997
BANDWIDTH,
UNLIMITED
Optical devices moving to market
could boost telephone company
profits--or wipe them out
TechnologyDecember 1, 1996
Where the Wind Blows
HealthDecember 1, 1996
Jungle Medicine
TechnologyDecember 1, 1996
Snap, Crunch or GigaPOP?
The SciencesNovember 4, 1996
Snap, Crunch or GigaPOP?
Online traffic jams spur cries of doom--and plans for Internet II
The SciencesNovember 1, 1996
The Price of Silence
Does profit-minded secrecy retard scientific progress?
The SciencesNovember 1, 1996
Pressure to Change
Supercritical carbon dioxide to toughen common materials
The SciencesOctober 14, 1996
Gene Therapy
Early trials encountered unforeseen complications. A new round of more sophisticated strategies may turn the tide
TechnologyOctober 1, 1996
Programming with Primordial Ooze
Useful software begins to crawl out of digital gene pools
Space & PhysicsOctober 1, 1996
Bugs in the Data?
The controversy over Martian life is just beginning
HealthSeptember 1, 1996
What Are Obstacles to Ideal Care?
HealthSeptember 1, 1996
Artificial Blood Quickens
Several short-term substitutes approach final clinical trials