Articles by

James R. Riordon

Chia seedlings verify Alan Turing’s ideas about patterns in nature

LAS VEGAS – Chia seeds sprouted in trays have experimentally confirmed a mathematical model proposed by computer...

Static electricity helps parasitic nematodes glom onto victims

LAS VEGAS — Some species of parasitic roundworms can catapult themselves high into the air to latch...

Physicists stored data in quantum holograms made of twisted light

Particles of twisted light that have been entangled using quantum mechanics offer a new approach to dense...

Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese wall

For nearly 650 years, the fortress walls in the Chinese city of Xi’an have served as a...

Lots of Tatooine-like planets around binary stars may be habitable

SEATTLE — Luke Skywalker’s home planet in Star Wars is the stuff of science fiction. But Tatooine-like...

Want a ‘Shrinky Dinks’ approach to nano-sized devices? Try hydrogels

High-tech shrink art may be the key to making tiny electronics, 3-D nanostructures or even holograms for...

Methylated gases could be an unambiguous indicator of alien life

SEATTLE — Attention alien hunters: If you want to find life on distant planets, try looking for...

Here’s how to make a fiber-optic cable out of air using a laser

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in...