Issues

Recent null results heighten the tension between the bulk of neutrino experiments and the few that hint at the putative particle’s existence.

The gallium nanodroplet’s anomalous phase behavior is a new twist on the maxim “small is different.”

Spinning the samples at extraordinarily high frequency is key to untangling the biomolecules’ complicated spectra.

The candidates’ positions on climate change and energy policy differ starkly. Comparing their views on other issues is harder.

John Holdren recaps the Obama administration’s science policy achievements and disappointments.

Robot-controlled optical fibers will help create 3D map of the cosmos.

For years the dream of turning the semiconductor industry into a superconductor industry has been only that. In the 1970s IBM—with help from the National Security Agency—made a run at turning that dream into reality.

The discovery of the mysterious hypothetical particles would provide a tantalizing glimpse of new laws of nature beyond the standard model.

The largest basic scientific project ever attempted, the supercollider proved to be beyond the management capacity of the US high-energy physics community. A smaller proton collider would have been substantially more achievable.

Laboratory experiments suggest that, on average, turbulent energy dissipation in whitecaps is the same for waves lapping on the beach and waves storming in the seas.