Articles by

James R. Riordon

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...

Tiny bubbles that make icicles hazy are filled with water, not air

Tiny drops of dirty water, often mistaken for air bubbles, tell the tale of rippling icicle growth....

Jumping beans’ random strategy always leads to shade — eventually

Given enough time, jumping beans will always find their way out of the sun. Jumping beans, which...

We could get messages back from spacecraft sent through a wormhole

If you ever happen to fall through a wormhole in space, you won’t be coming back. It...

Humans haven’t set foot on the moon in 50 years. That may soon change

A perfect ending for the final Apollo — Science News, December 23, 1972 Project Apollo...

In a breakthrough experiment, nuclear fusion finally makes more energy than it uses

Scientists have finally managed to bottle the sun. Researchers with the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, Calif.,...