BANDWIDTH,
UNLIMITED

Optical devices moving to market
could boost telephone company
profits--or wipe them out

MAN-MADE SNOW

Cosmic Rays at the Energy Frontier

These particles carry more energy
than any others in the universe.
Their origin is unknown but may be
relatively nearby

AWAITING THE
BIG BANG?

Scientists grapple with
Montserrat's live volcano

Flight of Fancy

Will a new kind of submersible truly benefit research?

IN BRIEF

BY THE NUMBERS

Threatened Mammals

MORE GALLONS PER MILE

Chemical signals narrow
the search for petroleum

Catch a Comet by Its Tail

CHILLING CHIPS

Microjets of air can
cool chips, but...speak up!

The 1996 Nobel Prizes in Science

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has again recognized four sets of researchers for their outstanding contributions. Here is a look at the work behind these achievements in chemistry, physics, medicine and economics...

Steps To Recovery

Researchers find ways of coaxing spinal nerves to regrow

Understanding Parkinson's Disease

The smoking gun is still missing, but growing evidence suggests highly reactive substances called free radicals are central players in this common neurological disorder

Tackling Turbulence with Supercomputers

Computers only recently became powerful enough to illuminate simple examples of this great classical problem. In some cases, they will let engineers control it

Transgenic Livestock as Drug Factories

By introducing key human genes into mammals, biologists can induce dairy animals to produce therapeutic proteins in their milk

How the Blind Draw

Blind and sighted people use many of the same devices in sketching their surroundings, suggesting that vision and touch are closely linked

Experimental Flooding in Grand Canyon

Scientists monitor a controlled deluge that was staged in the early spring of 1996 solely for the benefit of the environment in and around the Colorado River

The Einstein-Szilard Refrigerators

Two visionary theoretical physicists joined forces in the 1920s to reinvent the household refrigerator

Science versus Antiscience?

Movements lumped under the term antiscience have disparate causes, and not all pose as much of a threat as has been claimed

Doing the Poincaré Shuffle