Flint's Water and Environmental Justice
The University of Michigan's Paul Mohai, a leading researcher of issues related to environmental justice, talked about the Flint water crisis at a workshop sponsored by the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, attended by Scientific American contributing editor Robin Lloyd.
Flowers Deceive Flies with Chemical Cocktail
The parachute flower smells like alarm pheromones of a honeybee, to attract tiny flies that feed on bees under attack.
Battling Stains with Bleach
An oxidizing science project
Feed Microbes Oxygen to Help Clear Spilled Oil
A technique called “biosparging” relies on pumping oxygen underground to help naturally occurring microorganisms multiply and consume oil spills.
Everything You Wanted to Know about This Year's Nobel Prizes, but Might Have Missed
The winning science of weird materials, nanoscale cars and self-eating cells
Silkworms Spin Super-Silk after Eating Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene
The strong, conductive material could be used for wearable electronics and medical implants, researchers say
Chemistry Nobel Prize: Machines Too Small to See
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
Nobel in Chemistry for Molecular Machines
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
Molecular Machine-Makers Grab the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
A trio who built motors and devices a fraction the size of a human hair has set the stage for a new type of industry
Physics Nobel Prize: Buns, Bagels and Pretzels Help Explain Exotic Matter
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded today to David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
Nobel in Physics for Secrets of Exotic Matter
David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz split the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
Winners of the Scientific American Innovators Award Turn Trash into Water Filters [Video]
After 50 hours in a lab, three Ohio eighth graders convert Styrofoam food containers into a patent-worthy new water filter