All Stories by Jessica Gorman
- Materials Science
Scientists belt out a novel nanostructure
Researchers have used metal oxides to make microscopic ribbonlike structures that could prove useful for developing future nanoscale devices.
- Health & Medicine
Surveying the Swiss: The eyes have it
Magnetic resonance imaging can help determine the health of a wheel of cheese.
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Living it up below the ice sheet?
A recent earthquake in Antarctica points toward geologic activity that could provide the energy necessary to incubate life in a liquid lake deep beneath the ice.
- Chemistry
Research shows why water acts weird
A new technique shows a link between water's unusual physical properties and its abnormal molecular structure.
- Chemistry
New all-metal molecules ape organics
Researchers have stumbled upon the first all-metal, aromatic molecules.
- Materials Science
From Metal Bars to Candy Bars
Materials scientists have turned the tools of their trade on some of the most familiar substances in the world: food.
- Materials Science
Droplets string themselves together
Under the right conditions, mixing two incompatible polymers can produce drops that organize themselves into strings.
- Humans
Science Talent Search announces finalists
Science Service and Intel announced the 40 finalists of the 2001 Intel Science Talent Search this week.
- Chemistry
The End of Good Science?
Some chemists are sharing their research results more quickly and broadly as they begin to venture into electronic archives, where they can immediately post new, unreviewed papers, as physicists have done for a decade; others think such archives could mean the end of reliable chemistry research.
- Chemistry
New technique makes water droplets sprint
A newly developed process encourages water droplets at the hydrophobic center of a wafer to speed outward to a water-friendly edge.
- Chemistry
For a better smile, have some wasabi
Chemicals in the Japanese condiment wasabi could help prevent tooth decay.
- Chemistry
Where the tire meets the conveyor belt
A new, noninvasive technique could detect an impending failure in a rubber tire or conveyor belt.
