Scientific American Magazine

Physicists could soon be creating black holes in the laboratory

Compact, efficient electronics based on the brain's neural system could yield implantable silicon retinas to restore vision, as well as robotic eyes and other smart sensors

It turns out that male and female brains differ quite a bit in architecture and activity. Research into these variations could lead to sex-specific treatments for disorders such as depression and schizophrenia

New research shows that lightning is a surprisingly complex and mystifying phenomenon

Chlamydia is a rampant sexually transmitted disease, the world's leading cause of preventable blindness and a possible contributor to heart disease. Recent discoveries are suggesting new ways to curtail its spread

A software tool elicits previously undiscovered gene or protein pathways by combing through hundreds of thousands of journal articles

Collisions among asteroids in the early history of the solar system may help explain why many of these rocky bodies reached high temperatures