Publications - David Appell

Updated 31-March-2025

2025

· "Relativistic spin-orbit coupling may lead to unconventional superconductivity type," Phys.org, January 16, 2025.

· "An equation of state for dense nuclear matter such as neutron stars," Phys.org, February 27, 2025.

· "Findings reveal an important link to Northern Hemisphere extreme temperatures," Phys.org, February 25, 2025.

· "How will artificial intelligence affect wealth equality?," Phys.org, March 11, 2025.

· "A new law gives the energy needed to fracture stretchable networks," Phys.org, March 17, 2025.

· "Surprisingly, some Dyson spheres and ringworlds can be stable," Phys.org, March 19, 2025.

· "Might the proton decay in other places or at other times?," Phys.org, March 24, 2025.

· "Researchers propose a simple magnetic switch using altermagnets," Phys.org, March 31, 2025.

2024

· “Twins or cousins? Sub-Neptune exoplanets could provide an answer,” Phys.org, January 16, 2024.

· “Rare decay of the Higgs boson may point to physics beyond the Standard Model,” Phys.org, January 25, 2024.

· “Decay of sunspot pair elucidates properties of nearby moving magnetic features,” Phys.org, January 30, 2024.

· “Finding the best predictor for a galaxy's metallic content,” Phys.org, February 7, 2024.

· “Detection of a new state in the protein folding process,” Phys.org, February 15, 2024.

· “Possible atmospheric destruction of a potentially habitable exoplanet,” Phys.org, February 21, 2024.

· “Researchers show Reddit users caused the famous GameStop 'short squeeze,'” Phys.org, February 27, 2024.

· “How 'the strong force' influences the gravitational wave background,” Phys.org, February 29, 2024.

· "An oscillating robot can propel itself via the reflection of water waves,” Tech Xplore, March 9, 2024.

· "Research team proposes a novel type of acoustic crystal with smooth, continuous changes in elastic properties," Phys.org, March 23, 2024.

· “Gravitational waves may have made human life possible,” Phys.org, March 29, 2024.

· "Atmospheric 'teleconnections' sustain warm blobs in the northeast Pacific Ocean," Phys.org, April 30, 2024.

· "New, electricity-free desalination method shows promise," Tech Xplore, May 20, 2024.

· "First observation of a focused plasma wave on the sun," Phys.org, May 22, 2024.

· “Recent and extensive volcanism discovered on Venus,” Phys.org, May 27, 2024.

· “Detecting Hawking Radiation from Black Holes Using Today's Telescopes,” Phys.org, May 28, 2024.

· "Uncovering the prolonged cooling events of the Holocene," Phys.org, June 13, 2024.

· “The Surprising Behavior of Black Holes in an Expanding Universe,” Phys.org, June 26, 2024.

· “The Milky Way’s eROSITA Bubbles are Large and Distant,” Phys.org, June 29, 2024.

· “Study shows elephant trunk dexterity can be mimicked with minimal actuators,” Phys.org, July 24, 2024.

· "Creation of a deep learning algorithm to detect unexpected gravitational wave events," Phys.org, July 25, 2024.

· “A passive, renewable, more efficient way to extract water from the atmosphere,” Tech Xplore, July 29, 2024.

· “The Major Atlantic Current that keeps Northern Europe Warm Could Have New Variations and Tipping Points,” Phys.org, July 30, 2024.

· “New Technique Measures Superconductivity at Very High Pressures,” Phys.org, July 31, 2024.

· “Study reports dim odds for finding alien civilizations,” Phys.org, August 12, 2024.

· “Photon Entanglement Could Explain the Rapid Brain Signals Behind Consciousness,” Phys.org, August 16,

2024.

· “Corrected sunspot records show the Maunder minimum did not end abruptly,” Phys.org, August 20, 2024.

· “Test of a prototype quantum internet runs under New York City for half a month,” Phys.org, August 24, 2024.

· “In the hunt for alien life, is man truly ‘the measure of all things?’” Phys.org, August 26, 2024.

· “Using atomic excitations to measure the rotation of spacetime,” Phys.org, August 29, 2024.

· “A device to sort photon states could be useful for quantum optical computer circuits,” Phys.org, September 2, 2024.

· “A fundamental magnetic property of the muon measured to unprecedented precision,” Phys.org, September 13, 2024.

· “Could interstellar quantum communications involve Earth or solve the Fermi paradox,” Phys.org, September 19, 2024.

· “Why do large electorates tend towards evenly split results?” Phys.org, September 23, 2024.

· “Can the 'hard steps' in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds?" Phys.org, September 25, 2024.

· “Atmospheric oxidation and the creation of modern Mars,” Phys.org, October 14, 2024.

· “Using gamma-ray bursts to probe origin of star formation excess discovered by Webb,” Phys.org, October 16, 2024.

· “May 2024 super geomagnetic storm challenges current space weather prediction models,” Phys.org, October 22, 2024.

· “Scientists determine the timing and duration of a major hyperthermal event in the Early Jurassic,” October 23, 2024.

· “Researchers discover a promising way to create new superheavy elements,” Phys.org, October 27, 2024.

· “New Image Recognition Technique for Counting Particles Provides Diffusion Information,” Phys.org, October 29,2024.

· “Constraining the body of a hydra can cause it to grow two heads,” Phys.org, October 30, 2024.

· “Hints of a 'neutrino fog' could complicate efforts to detect dark matter,” Phys.org, November 12, 2024.

· "Most comprehensive search for sterile neutrinos also comes up empty," Phys.org, November 25, 2024.

· "Ultrawide binary objects in the Kuiper belt may not have come from the earliest solar system, research suggests," Phys.org, November 26, 2024.

· "An improved quantification of the intergalactic medium and cosmic filaments," Phys.org, November 27, 2024.

· ""Artificial intelligence finds previously undetected historical climate extremes," Phys.org, November 28, 2024.

· ""Researchers find a possible solution to the cosmic ray muon puzzle," Phys.org, November 28, 2024.," Phys.org, November 28, 2024.

· "Observing dark matter at cosmic dawn," Phys.org, November 29, 2024.

· "Assessing synchronized activity in the human brain through frequency-dependent covariance analysis," Phys.org, November 29, 2024.

· "An unexpected delay is found in a standard quantum optical process that generates pairs of photons," Phys.org, November 29, 2024.

· "Cosmological model proposes dark matter production during pre-Big Bang inflation," Phys.org, November 30, 2024.

· "A technosignature that could detect an extraterrestrial civilization’s reliance on nuclear fusion," Phys.org, December 9, 2024.

· "How much permafrost will melt this century, and where will its carbon go? ," Phys.org, December 13, 2024.

· "Detecting the gravitational wave memory effect from core-collapse supernovae," Phys.org, December 17, 2024.

· "Latest Gravitational Wave Observations Conflict With Expectations From Stellar Models," Phys.org, December 20, 2024.

· "Numerical simulations show how the classical world might emerge from the many-worlds universes of quantum mechanics," Phys.org, December 27, 2024.

· "Scientists use machine learning to develop an opener for a molecular can," Phys.org, December 27, 2024.

· "A new calculation of the electron’s self-energy improves determination of fundamental constants," Phys.org, December 31, 2024.

· "The future lifespan of plants just got extended," Phys.org, December 31, 2024.

2023

· "Researchers quantify the onset of turbulence in a pipe bent back on itself," Phys.org, December 8, 2023.

· “Extending the uncertainty principle by using an unbounded operator,” Phys.org, December 14, 2023.

· "From 'liquid lace' to the 'Drop Medusa,' researchers compete for the best image of fluid flow," Phys.org, December 16, 2023.

2022

· “Controlling self-doping in magnetite with temperature,” Phys.org, January 5, 2022.

· “Levitating and colliding liquid drops,” Phys.org, January 14, 2022.

· “The technosignature researcher on the lookout for exo-civilizations,” Physics World, February 2022, pp 31-33.

· “A most improbable physicist,” Physics World, February 2022, pp 40-41.

· “Riding a laser to Mars,” Phys.org, February 8, 2022.

2021

• “The 10 Greatest Predictions in Physics,” Physics World, January 2021, pp 36-40.
• “The surprises essential to life,” Physics World, April 2021.
• “Light at the end of the tunnel,” Physics World, June 2021.
• “Infinitesimal to infinite,” Physics World, August 2021.
• “Scanning the cosmos for signs of technology,” Physics World, October 2021, pp 32-36.
• “The climate crisis is spawning weird ideas to fix it. They might be all we have,” Washington Post, October 8, 2021.
• “The earliest atmosphere on Mercury,” Phys.org, December 23, 2021.

2020

• “Death by Prime Numbers,” Physics World, March 2020, pp 48-49.
• “Money from Maths,” Physics World, May 2020, pp 45-46.
• “Our perilous planet,” Physics World, August 2020, p 54.
• “Little book, big science,” Physics World, December 2020, pp 41-42.

2019

• “Hellions of the solar system,” Physics World, January 2019, pp 45-46. [PDF]
• “Gravitational Observatories Hunt for Lumpy Neutron Stars,” Scientific American, April 8, 2019.
• “Astrobiology conference attracts scientists with an astonishing breadth of knowledge,” Physics World, June 25, 2019.
• “How to look for signs of life on a planet 40 light-years away,” Physics World, June 26, 2019.
• “Will we soon see city lights glittering on distant planets?” Physics World, June 28, 2019.
• “The invisibility of length contraction,” Physics World, August 2019, pp 41-45. [PDF]

2018

• “The trouble with beauty,” Physics World, September 2018, pp 42-43. [PDF]

2017

• “America counts down to the big eclipse,” Physics World, August 9, 2017.
• “The American eclipse: wonder, science and festivities,” Physics World, August 16, 2017.
• “The Actuality of the Path of Totality,” High Country News, August 30, 2017.
• “We Need a Better Way to Measure Hurricanes,” Slate, Sept. 21, 2017.
• reprinted in New Strait Times, Malaysia, Sept. 25, 2017.
• “Writer looks to Drive-by Truckers as he wrestles with continued gun death and destruction,” Salem Statesman Journal, Nov 10, 2017.

2016

• “Innovation: Glass Paint Cuts Energy Use,” Yale Climate Connections, Jan 4, 2016.
• "2015's Key Climate Science Research Advances," Yale Climate Connections, with John Wihbey, January 7, 2016.
• “Warming Climate A Factor in Moose Deaths,” Yale Climate Connections, Feb. 2, 2016.
• “Climate and Maple Syrup,” Yale Climate Connections, April 4, 2016.
• “Soils Affected by Global Warming,” Yale Climate Connections, April 4, 2016.
• “How Melting Arctic Ice Contributes to Global Warming,” Yale Climate Connections, May 5, 2016.
• “Climate Change and Extreme Weather,” Yale Climate Connections, May 5, 2016.
• "On climate change, no need to teach both sides," Oregonian, June 6, 2016.
• “Lake’s Annual Freeze and Thaw Dates Show Weather Trends,” Yale Climate Connections, June 6, 2016.
• “Record Low Snowpack in the Pacific Northwest,” Yale Climate Connections, June 6, 2016.
• “Multiple Benefits Seen in 'Driving Green',” Yale Climate Connections, July 7, 2016.
• “When Climate Changes, Moose Move In,” Yale Climate Connections, July 7, 2016.
• “Climate Change Impacts Tropical Species,” Yale Climate Connections, July 7, 2016.
• “Curbing CO2 Emissions from Airplanes,” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2016.
• “Restoring Natural Habitats Helps Salmon Survive Hotter Temps,” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2016.
• “How Seaweed Could Protect Your Oysters,” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 13, 2016.
• “Ski Area Adapts to Less Snow,” Yale Climate Connections, Nov. 11, 2016.
• “Turn On a Streetlight, Alter an Ecosystem?” Yale Climate Connections, Nov. 11, 2016.
• “Girl Scouts Teach Parents Energy-Saving Steps,” Yale Climate Connections, Nov. 11, 2016.
• “New Video Game Simulates the Global Sustainability Challenge,” Yale Climate Connections, Nov 11, 2016.

2015

• “Pendleton, Oregon, Blazing New Paths on Energy Use,” Yale Climate Connections, Jan 1, 2015.
• “Tiny Houses Taking Root in Portland Community,” Yale Climate Connections, Jan 1, 2015.
• “A Major Canadian Province Provides Carbon Tax Leadership,” Yale Climate Connections, Jan. 8, 2015.
• “Teens Learn About Climate Change,” Yale Climate Connections, Feb 2, 2015.
• “Much Smaller Home ... Much Lower Energy Bills,” Yale Climate Connections, Feb 2, 2015.
• “Pulling CO2 From Thin Air,” Yale Climate Connections, March 3, 2015.
• “Boston Snow Storms and Climate Change,” Yale Climate Connections, March 3, 2015.
• “Nuisance Flooding ... In More Cities,” Yale Climate Connections, March 3, 2015.
• “Is Global Warming a Moral Issue?” Yale Climate Connections, March 3, 2015.
• "Top Lessons to Be Learned from the Warming 'Hiatus,'" Yale Climate Connections, March 5, 2015.
• "'Clean fuels' program is appropriate, though minimally effective," Oregonian, March 11, 2015.
• “Harnessing Waves as an Energy Source,” Yale Climate Connections, April 4, 2015.
• “The Two Hats of Andrew Weaver,” Yale Climate Connections, April 4, 2015.
• “Cleaner Concrete, Cement for Healthier Climate,” Yale Climate Connections, April 4, 2015.
• “Lessons from an Ancient Climate Shift,” Yale Climate Connections, May 5, 2015.
• “Cover Crops Store Carbon,” Yale Climate Connections, May 5, 2015.
• “Grass Isn't Green (Yet),” Yale Climate Connections, June 6, 2015.
• “Ocean Chemistry Puts Oysters at Risk,” Yale Climate Connections, June 6, 2015.
• “From Warming Estimates to Measurements,” Yale Climate Connections, July 7, 2015.
• “Modern Lessons from Ancient History,” Yale Climate Connections, July 7, 2016.
• “Black Carbon and Climate Change,” Yale Climate Connections, August 8, 2015.
• "Catching Gravity, Rolling By," Physics World, September 2015, pp. 25-28.
• “What Are Climate Change Tipping Points?” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2015.
• “Solar Roadways In Our Future?” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2015.
• “Kite Flying for Wind Power,” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2015.
• “Renewable Energy Plans for Each State,” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2015.
• “’The Blob’ in the Pacific Ocean,” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2015.
• “Desalination is Energy Intensive,” Yale Climate Connections, October 10, 2015.
• “Rice…With Less Methane,” Yale Climate Connections, October 15, 2015.
• "Earth's Warming: How Scientists Know It's Not the Sun," Yale Climate Connections, October 15, 2015.
• “Sun Not Responsible for Warming,” Yale Climate Connections, Nov 11, 2015.
• “Whatever became of 'peak oil'? Still to come?” Yale Climate Connections, Dec 12, 2015.
• "Distant but Connected Weather Patterns and Climate Change" Yale Climate Connections, Dec 12, 2015.
• coverage of the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting for Yale Climate Connections:
• "James Hansen Calls Out 'Baloney' on COP21 Climate Progress," December 15, 2015.
• "More Glum News on Arctic Warming," December 15, 2015.
• Dangerous Climate Change is Already Here," December 16, 2015.
• "Rapid Warming Reported in Planet's Lakes," December 17, 2015.
• "About the Next Generation of Climate Models," December 17, 2015.
• "Whatever became of Peak Oil? Still to Come?" December 18, 2015.

2014

• "When ice grows up," Physics World, February 2014, p. 52.
• "The Puzzles Involving Sea Ice at the Poles," The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, March 20, 2014.
• "Planets Galore," Physics World, April 2014, pp. 33-37.
• "Building an Elevator to Space" Muse, April 2014, pp. 6-10.
• "Water Vapor and the Greenhouse Effect: Guest Opinion," Oregonian, April 13, 2014. 
• “Volcanic vs. Human Emissions,” Yale Climate Connections, Sept 9, 2014.
• “Warming Means Rising Storm Tides in N.Y. Harbor,” Yale Climate Connections, Oct 10, 2014.
• “Smart Grids: One Key to Saving Energy,” Yale Climate Connections, Nov 11, 2014.
• “Multiple Benefits Seen from Portland, Oregon’s Ecoroof Initiative,” Yale Climate Connections, Nov 11, 2014.
• “Loss of Land Ice (Not Sea Ice) = More Sea Level Rise,” Yale Climate Connections, Nov 11, 2014.
• “Trees: A Means of Cooling Without Chilling?” Yale Climate Connections, Nov 11, 2014.
• “Better Ranching and Better Stewardship,” Yale Climate Connections, Dec 12, 2014.
• “From Passive to Interactive to Save Energy on the Grid,” Yale Climate Connections, Dec 12, 2014.
• “Albedo: Lighter Colors Reflect, Darker Ones Absorb, Heat,” Yale Climate Connections, Dec 12, 2014.
• coverage of the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting for Yale Climate Connections:
• "Sober Surprises: Greenland Ice Melt Speeds Up," December 16, 2014.
• "California: 11 Trillion Gallons of Drought," December 17, 2014.
• "The Arctic Brings Surprises, But the Trend Remains Clear," December 18, 2014.
• "Geoethics Gets Bigger Spotlight among Scientists," December 19, 2014.
• "Dealing With 'Forces of Unreason,'" December 23, 2014.

2013

• "Constant info stream creates climate of fear," Salem Statesman Journal, April 26, 2013, p. 5C.
• "W[h]ither Global Warming? Has It Slowed Down?" The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, May 7, 2013.
• “Mopping Up Carbon,” Physics World, June 2013, pp. 23-27.
• "Global warming really is happening," Oregonian, July 31, 2013.
• "Funky numbers in physics," Physics World, August 2013, p. 52.
• "Building an Elevator to Space," Pacific Standard, September 4, 2013.
• "The Supercollider That Never Was," Scientific American, October 15, 2013.
• "Strange Bedfellows? Climate Change Denial and the Support for Geoengineering," The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, October 30, 2013.
• coverage of the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting for the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media:
• "From Bowels of AGU Fall Conference, Vital Poster Sessions Offer Riches," Dec. 9, 2013.
• "New Thinking About Climate Sensitivity," December 10, 2013.
• "IPCC Scientists Assess the Assessments," December 10, 2013.
• "A Great Lecture is a Thing of Beauty," December 10, 2013.
• "An Informative Poster Probes the Limits of Climate Models," December 10, 2013.
• "Judith Lean Summarizes Her AGU Lecture," December 11, 2013.
• "James Hansen Calls for the Light That Only Science Can Provide," December 12, 2013.
• "Annual Arctic Report Confirms the Region's 'New Normal,'" December 12, 2013.
• "When Scientists Get Sued," December 13, 2013.

2012

• "Refocusing the photographic industry," Physics World, January 2012, pp 12-13.
• "A Pressing Matter," Physics World, March 2012, pp 37-41.
• "Japanese construction firm unveils ambitious space-elevator vision," Physics World, April 2012, p. 8.
• reprinted in "Special Report: Japan," Physics World, Sept 2012.
• "The Climate Problem: We've Been Here Before," The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, April 24, 2012.
• "The crime down the street," South County Spotlight News, June 20, 2012.
• "Colorado shooting: spiritually sick by afternoon as commentators carry on in the aftermath," Oregonian, July 24, 2012.
• "Ready to Rove: Curiosity Project Scientist Lays Out Mars Tour Plans," Scientific American, August 7, 2012.
• Podcast: "What's Next for Curiosity on Mars," Scientific American, August 7, 2012.
• "When supergravity was born," Physics World, September 2012, pp 32-36.
• "Space Elevator Enthusiasts Push on despite Lengthy Time Frames and Long Odds," Scientific American, Sept 4, 2012.
• "New Eyes for a Dark World," Physics World: Focus on Big Science, October 2012, pp 21-22.
• "The Books I Carry," Oregonian, October 6, 2012.
• "The Ethics of Geoengineering, Part 1," The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, Dec. 13, 2012.
• "The Ethics of Geoengineering, Part 2," The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, Dec. 19, 2012.

2011

• "Stairway to the heavens," Physics World, December 2011.
• "Summer of Creamsicle," South County Spotlight News, November 23, 2011.
• "Relativity's New Revolution," Physics World, October 2011.
• "Debunking the war-game myth," South County Spotlight News, September 29, 2011.
• "Cookies and Climate Change," Journal of Irreproducible Results, vol 51 no 4, August 2011.
• "Westboro Baptist Church -- All Bark, No Bite," Cambridge Chronicle, April 4, 2011.
• "How to Shout Without Anyone Hearing," Physical Review Focus, April 1, 2011.
• "Albuquerque Sun," South County Spotlight News, February 10, 2011.
• "Health," n+1: Year in Review, Part 2, January 2011.
• "Are Recent Snows From Global Warming?" Oregonian, January 3, 2011.

2010

• "A Christmas miracle: The gods gave us the Immaculate Reception," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 25, 2010.
• "Wikileaks response exposes U.S. hypocrisy," Oregonian, December 17, 2010.
• "Climate in Wonderland," Oregonian, September 3, 2010.
• "Difficult Questions in the Search for Kyron Horman," Oregonian, July 21, 2010.
• "PepsiCo and the Shame of the Bloggerati," Guardian, July 20, 2010.
• "Summer and Its Freedom," South County Spotlight News, July 8, 2010.
• "The Monstrosity in our Midst," South County Spotlight News, April 7, 2010, p.4.
• "More Scientific Hoaxes," Journal of Irreproducible Results, March 2010, p. 27.

2009

• "Novel Analysis Confirms Climate "Hockey Stick" Graph," Scientific American, November 2009, pp 21-22.
• "Doomed Dome: The Future That Never Was," H+ magazine, September 30, 2009.
• "Listen to climate experts, whether or not you like conclusions," Salem Statesman Journal, August 28, 2009.
• "Stumbling Over Data: Mistakes Fuel Climate-Warming Skeptics" Scientific American, August 2009, p. 19.
• "Can 'Assisted Migration' Save Species from Global Warming?" Scientific American, March 2009.
• "Climate Change: The Last, Final Problem," Oregonian, January 14, 2009. 

2008

• "Let's Get Real on the Environment," The Guardian, December 13, 2008.
• "Planck Satellite Mission Set to Explore Cosmic Secrets," Scientific American, December 2008.
• "In a globalized world, I'm just too big to fail," Oregonian, September 25, 2008.
• "No Safe Level?" Skeptical Inquirer, Sept./Oct. 2008, pp 7-8.
• "The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe" Scientific American, September 2008, p. 24.
• "Dark Forces at Work," Scientific American, May 2008, p. 100-102.
• "Discovering a Dark Universe: A Q&A with Saul Perlmutter," SciAm.com, May 2008

2007

• "Toxic Bulbs," Scientific American, October 2007, p. 30.
• "Repairs without Rivets," Scientific American, November 2007, p. 21.

2006

• "A long row to recovery," Portland Tribune, July 11, 2006.
• "Easing Jitters When Buildings Rumble," Scientific American, Jan. 2006.
• "Line of Fire," Cosmos, Jan. 2006/Dec. 2005, pp. 78-81.

2005

• "Maine Law Requires Drug Companies To Provide Clinical Trial Data," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2005; 97: 1246.
• "Cutting Your 20 Tons," Northern Sky News, Sept. 2005, p. 14.
• "Bush and company blinded by pseudoscience" (book review of The Republican War on Science), San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 4, 2005.
• reprinted in Northern Sky News, Oct, 2005, p. 14.
• "Kunstler on the Hard, Oil-less Days Ahead," Northern Sky News, July 2005, p. 14.
• "McKibben's Hopeful Walk," Northern Sky News, June 2005, p. 14.
• "Behind the Hockey Stick," Scientific American, March 2005.
• reprinted in "Critical Perspectives on World Climate," Katy Human, The Rosen Publishing Company, 2006 pp 158-164.

2004

• "Father of Spirit and Opportunity," Scientific American, October 2004, pp. 44-46.
• "US campaign trail takes to the net," New Scientist, August 21, 2004, p. 24.
• "Martian Dust Devils," The Weather Notebook, August 24, 2004.
• "The Darkening Earth," Scientific American, August 2004.
• "Cirrus Warming," The Weather Notebook, July 6, 2004.
• "Biography of David O. Siegmund," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 25, 2004, v 101 n 21 pp 7843-7844.
• "SAXS Studies Reveal Metals in the Jaws of Marine Worms," APS (Advanced Photon Science) 2003, pp. 59-60.
• "Phase Transitions in Suspensions of Colloidal FD Virus," APS (Advanced Photon Science) 2003, p. 48.
• "Unusual Structure in Thin Alkane Films," APS (Advanced Photon Science) 2003, pp. 46-47.
• "Methuselah Man," Technology Review, April 9, 2004.
• "Shattered Glass," Scientific American, April 2004, pp. 30-32.
• "Grain of Salt," script for The Weather Notebook, April 6, 2004.
• "Dream Machine," Scientific American, March 2004, pp. 18-20.
• "Sheep Burps," The Weather Notebook, March 9, 2004.
• "Democratic Hopefuls Hear Climate Change Concerns," Northern Sky News, February 2004.
• "GCC Warming Oceans," The Weather Notebook, January 13, 2004.
• "New Hampshire Nixes Water Plant," Northern Sky News, January 2004, p. 4.
• "Betting on the Weather," The Weather Notebook, January 5, 2004.

2003

• "If We're Rich, Why Aren't We Happy," book review of "The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse" by Gregg Easterbrook, San Francisco Chronicle, December 28, 2003.
• "Arcade Games and Climate Change," Northern Sky News , December 2003.
• "High Prize for Low Temperatures," Scientific American, December 2003, p. 42.
• "Feedback effects," The Weather Notebook, November 18, 2003.
• "Intelligent tags are breaking the ice," New Scientist, November 12, 2003.
• "Power Struggle: How business and technology collided to electrify America" (review of Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes), San Francisco Chronicle, August 24, 2003.
• "Future Food," The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2003, pp. 61-65.
• reprinted in "Choice and Consequence: A Critical Reading Text," Li-Lee Tunceren and Susan Benson, University of Michigan, 2010, pp. 124-130.
• "book review of Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age," by Bill McKibben, BetterHumans.com, July 21, 2003.
• "Hot Words: A claim of nonhuman-induced global warming sparks debate," Scientific American, June 24, 2003 (Web) and August 2003 (print), pp. 20-22.
• reprinted in "Critical Perspectives on World Climate," Katy Human, The Rosen Publishing Company, 2006 pp 169-173.
• "Democracy in a Decade," University of New Hampshire Magazine, Spring 2003.
• "Pocket-sized Fuel Cells," University of New Hampshire Magazine, Spring 2003.
• "Sand Dollars," University of New Hampshire Magazine , Spring 2003.
• "Acting Locally," Scientific American, June 2003, p. 20.
• "Process Triggered by Some Anti-Cancer Drugs Causes Tumors in Mice, Study Finds," Whitehead Institute News, April 17, 2003.
• "Why GM Food Could Start a Trade War," Wired, May 2003, p. 35.
• "Mice Work If You Can Get It," Next Wave (AAAS), April 4, 2003.
• "Science to Save the World: Economist Jeffrey Sachs," Scientific American, January 2003, pp. 36-37.
• "Getting Under Your Skin," Scientific American, January 2003, p. 18-20.
• "Test for Primes Menaces Internet," Discover, January 2003, p. 61.

2002

• "Connecting the Dots: Gene Stanley Applies the Laws of Physics in Surprising Ways," Boston University Arts & Sciences, Fall 2002, pp. 13-15.
• "The Uncertainty Principle: A UNH professor speaks about his famous father," University of New Hampshire Magazine, Fall 2002, p. 16.
• "Scientists Produce the Script for Life," Whitehead Institute News, October 24, 2002.
• "The Cost of Kyoto," The Weather Notebook, October 15, 2002.
• "Nanotechnology: Wired for success," Nature, Oct. 10, 2002, p. 553.
• "Math = beauty + truth / (really hard)," Salon, September 5, 2002.
• background material for the MiniBooNE neutrino experiment at Fermilab:
• Neutrinos and Neutrino Oscillations
• How MiniBooNE Works
• The Importance of MiniBooNE
• "Ground Below Zero," Scientific American, July 2002.
• "Will knowing the genetic roots of mental illness increase stigma?" Psychology Today, July/August 2002, p. 20.
• "Electromagnetic signals can predict earthquakes," New Scientist, June 15, 2002, p. 12.
• "The Next Newton?" Salon, May 15, 2002.
• "The Nature of the Neutrino," Columbia Magazine, Spring 2002.
• "When Markets Go Mad," Scientific American, May 2002, p. 28.
• "Maine Hosts Solar System," Science, April 12, 2002, p. 253.
• "Storms and Asthma," radio script for The Weather Notebook, March 20, 2002.
• "Aspirations in Science and Civics," Scientific American, March 2002, p. 38.

2001

• "Recipe for the Unspeakable," Scientific American, Nov. 2001, p. 15.
• "Space stories soar: New books mix cultural and technological analysis," The Portland Tribune, Nov. 30, 2001, p. C6.
• "What's Up? How High Can Buildings Go?" with Hugh Westrup, Current Science, Oct. 26, 2001.
• "High as a Kite," Current Science, Oct. 12, 2001, p. 10.
• "Master of the Universe," Current Science, Sept. 14, 2001, p. 10.
• "Pulp Non-fiction," Travel Holiday, Sept. 2001, p. 44.
• "White Caps," radio script for The Weather Notebook, August 24, 2001.
• "Celestial Swingers," New Scientist, August 1, 2001, p. 36.
• "Committed to Warming," radio script for The Weather Notebook, July 26, 2001.
• "Look for effects of climate change in our own New England back yards," Natural New England, July/August 2001, p. 24.
• "Seeing Stars With Digital Eyes," IEEE Spectrum, July 2001, p. 62.
• "It Ain't Necessarily So," by David Murray, et al. (book review) , Salon, July 2, 2001.
• ""Water, Water. . . Nowhere?" University of New Hampshire Magazine, Spring 2001, p. 32.
• "A Sharper Image," University of New Hampshire Magazine, Spring 2001, p. 10.
• Mars: a planet of myth and surprise, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-7621-0320-5.
• film treatment on "Visions of the Future: The Next 1000 Years" for Palfreman Film Group, Lowell, MA.
• "Who wants to be a math millionaire?" Boston Globe, March 27, 2001, p. C1.
• Reprinted as "Million-Dollar Contest Creates a Million Headaches," in ScienceWriters, The Newsletter of the National Association of Science Writers, Summer 2001, p. 10.
• The Big Bang: Birth of the Universe," with Charles Flowers, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-7621-0317-5.
• "The New Uncertainty Principle," Scientific American, January 2001, pp. 18-19.
• "The Mystery of the Missing Mass," Current Science, January 5, 2001, pp. 10-11.
• Comets: blazing visitors from deep space, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-7621-0313-2.

2000

• "Megabyte Matchmakers," University of New Hampshire Magazine, Fall 2000, p. 22-27.
• film treatment on "Genetic Migration" for Palfreman Film Group, Lowell, MA.
• "Unlimited Light," Scientific American, September 2000, p. 26.
• "On Golden Pond: No Trespassing," Audubon, July-August 2000, p. 22.
• "Little Bang?" Popular Science, June 2000, p. 25.
• "Sapping Sugar Through Skin," Popular Science, June 2000, p. 40.
• "Liquid crystals perform as fast optomechanical switches," OE Reports, May 2000.
• "Optical polymers heat and greet," OE Reports, May 2000.
• "Photorefractive polymer exhibits fast response time," OE Reports, May 2000.
• "The Pot Gets Hotter than the Stove," Physical Review Focus, 25 April 2000.
• "Mirrors in Space," radio script for The Weather Notebook, February 7, 2000.

1999

• "What Made the Rockies?" Current Science, December 3, 1999, p. 9.
• "Speaking Up for Science," Scientific American, November 1999, p.22.
• "The Latest Buzz," radio script for The Weather Notebook, November 8, 1999.
• film narratives on Great Experiments, for Palfreman Film Group, Lowell, MA.
• "New Role$ for Mice in Clinical Trials," HMS Beagle, Issue 62, September 17-30, 1999.
• "The Green Flash," radio script for The Weather Notebook, September 29, 1999.
• "Raging Ball," Current Science, September 24, 1999, p. 10.
• "Out of the Darkness," Current Science, September 10, 1999, p. 10.
• "A Large Moon Rising," radio script for The Weather Notebook, September 10, 1999.
• "Electrical engineering: hot spot for all," Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, Summer/Fall 1999, p. 76.
• "Solar Storms," radio script for The Weather Notebook, August 12, 1999.
• "The Posticheur," InterText, Volume 9, Number 4, July-August 1999.
• "The Dark Side of Gravity," Science, July 2, 1999, p. 39.
• "Premelt," radio script for The Weather Notebook, June 14, 1999.
• "The White Mountain National Park?" Appalachian Trailway News, May/June 1999, p. 17.
• "Of Dumbbells and Doughnuts," New Scientist, May 1, 1999, p. 35.
• "Sloshing Seiches," radio script for The Weather Notebook, April 19, 1999.
• "The de Broglie Wavelength of a Wave Packet," Physical Review Focus, April 8, 1999.
• "The Mysteries of Melting," Physical Review Focus, March 24, 1999.
• "When a Liquid Is Not a Liquid," Physical Review Focus, March 16, 1999.
• "Fire in the Sky," New Scientist, February 27, 1999, p. 29.
• "Nuclear Oddball," ScienceNow, February 23, 1999.
• "Living Walls," Audubon, January/February 1999, p. 72.

1998

· "Baby Glenn," The Seattle Review, Volume XX, Number 1, 1998.

• Reprinted in InterText , Vol. 9, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1999.
• "Slow-Moving Glass," Popular Science, September 1998, p. 28.
• "Quake and Bake," Popular Science, September 1998, p. 28.
• "Unique Ring Captured by Magnetism Orbits Jupiter," StarDate , July/August 1998, p. 21.
• "Laser cooling traps the Nobel Prize," Laser Focus World, January 1998, p. 103.
• "New Spacecraft Opens Window Into the Sun," Discovery Channel Online, June 1, 1998.
• "Study: Auroras Like to Flirt with Coastlines," Discovery Channel Online, May 29, 1998.
• "Scientists Detect Massive Solar Quake," Discovery Channel Online , May 28, 1998.
• "Crater, Mineral on Mars Hint at Life," Discovery Channel Online , May 28, 1998.
• "High Anxieties," Backpacker, Apr. 1998, p. 18.
• contributor to World of Invention, 2nd edition, World of Scientific Discovery, 2nd edition, and Discovering Science (Gale Student Resource Center), Gale Research, Detroit, MI.
• "Clad fiber detects biological agents fast," Laser Focus World, Apr. 1998, p. 26.
• "Capillary cryostat aids attomole-level analysis," Laser Focus World, Apr. 1998, p. 44.
• "Mountaintop antenna tower" (photograph), Backpacker, April 1998, pp. 9 and 18.
• "High-power laser beam launches fuel-less craft," Laser Focus World, Mar. 1998, p. 90.
• "Shuttle laser to measure atmospheric winds," Laser Focus World, Mar. 1998, p. 28.
• "Fiberoptic chloride sensors monitor Vermont bridge," Laser Focus World, Mar. 1998, p. 45.
• "High-power laser peening strengthens metal," Laser Focus World, Feb. 1998, p. 40.
• "Lasing threads code fabrics," Laser Focus World, Jan. 1998, p. 16.
• "Simple silicate displays photoluminescence," Laser Focus World, Jan. 1998, p. 48.

1997

• "Shuttle Laser to Measure Winds," Laser Report, Dec. 1, 1997, p. 4.
• "Lambda Physik, LAS Enter Alliance," Laser Report, Dec. 1, 1997, p. 8.
• "Laser-Powered Projectile Flies 14 Feet," Laser Report, Nov. 1, 1997, p. 2.
• "MIRACL Test Gets Mixed Reviews," Laser Report, Nov. 1, 1997, p. 5.
• "Nobel Prize Awarded for Laser Cooling," Laser Report, Nov. 1, 1997, p. 7.
• "Military may test powerful laser in space," Laser Focus World, Nov. 1997, p. 20.
• "Hubble reveals warped disk around black hole," Laser Focus World, Nov. 1997, p. 44.
• "Financial Scoreboard: Coherent Results Disappoint Investors," Laser Report, Nov. 15, 1997, p.1.
• "Extreme-UV-Lithography CRADA Questioned," Optoelectronics Report, Nov.15, 1997, p. 1.
• "Act to Streamline Federal Technology Licensing," Optoelectronics Report, Nov. 15, 1997, p. 3.
• "Cassini mission to explore the Saturnian realm," Laser Focus World, Oct. 1997, p. 15.
• "Real-time terahertz imaging captures living tissue," Laser Focus World, Oct. 1997, p. 16.
• "Lithography market challenges manufacturers," Marketwatch column with Laurie Peach, Laser Focus World, Oct. 1997, p. 75.
• "Antisatellite Test Near Decision Point," Laser Report, Oct. 1, 1997, p. 2
• "ESI Reports Record Earnings," Laser Report, Oct. 1, 1997, p. 3.
• "Some RVSI Patent Claims Dismissed," Laser Report, Oct. 1, 1997, p. 6.
• "Laser System to Clear the Fog of War," Laser Report, Sept. 1, 1997, p. 6.
• "Optical pumping improves laser output," Laser Focus World, Sept. 1997, p. 18.
• "Sojourner senses surface of Mars," Laser Focus World, Aug. 1997, p. 20.
• "Universal Display Demonstrates Organic LED," Optoelectronics Report, July 15, 1997, p. 2.
• "McAfee Knob" (photograph), Seven Days , June 18, 1997.
• "Beryllium: No Longer Just Ballistic," The Industrial Physicist, June 1997.
• "Copyright Protection Law Proposed for the Internet," Poets & Writers, May/June 1997.
• "The Compute Walker," Appalachian Trailway News, May/June 1997.
• "Have keg, will travel," Backpacker, p. 14, May 1997.
• "Dugan to Selectboard: The Tax Man Cometh," Williston Whistle , May 22, 1997.
• "Selectboard Votes to Curtail Retail Development," Williston Whistle, April 3, 1997.
• "Street-Name Changes Concern Residents," Williston Whistle , April 3, 1997.
• "Understanding Green," InterText, Vol. 7, No. 2, March-April 1997.
• "Sidewalk Committee Ready to Draw the Line," Williston Whistle , March 13, 1997.
• "Sanburg to Focus on Police, Ambulance Service," Williston Whistle , March 13, 1997.
• "Vieth Will Seek to Control Growth," Williston Whistle , March 13, 1997.
• "Signs of Things to Come," Williston Whistle , February 13, 1997.
• "Antennas, Lighting, and Signs: Planners Deal with Growth," Williston Whistle, February 6, 1997.
• "Eat the Rich, Feed the Poor" (photograph), Seven Days, February 5, 1997.
• "Planning Commission Sees the Light," Williston Whistle , January 30, 1997.
• "New School in Town -- Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks official opening of Allen Brook," Williston Whistle, January 23, 1997.
• "If you can't beat winter, enjoy it," The Burlington Free Press, January 13, 1997.
• "It’s Moving Day -- WCS Students, Teachers Pack for Allen Brook," Williston Whistle, January 9, 1997.
• "The Year 2000: Software Hits the Wall," Internet World, January 1997, p. 68.

1996

• "What I really saw," in The Appalachian Trail Reader, David Emblidge, ed., Oxford University Press, 1996.
• "Blood," Sycamore Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer/Fall 1996.
• "Earthquakes, Critics and the 600 Nitro: An Interview with T. Coraghessan Boyle," Hayden's Ferry Review, Issue 18, Spring/Summer 1996.
• "Bobby, Pete and I," Kudzu, Issue 96/1, Spring 1996.
• "Organizations Meet Threats, Opportunities of Information Age," Poets & Writers, March/April 1996.
• "Publishing on the Web," AWP Chronicle, Feb. 1996.
• "'Indecency' Attack on Internet," The Phoenix Gazette, Feb. 1, 1996.
• "Summer Evenings," in Mudville Diaries: A Book of Baseball Memories, Mike Schacht, ed., Avon Books, 1996.
• "Amazed By Her Beauty," Morpo Review, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Feb. 1996.
• "In Gravity's Shadow," The Blue Penny Quarterly, Issue 7, 1996.

1995

• "Deliver Me From Nowhere," Planet Magazine, No. 25, Dec. 6, 1995.
• "Congress May Give Copyrights Longer Life," Poets & Writers, Nov./Dec. 1995.
• "Open a window to the sounds of fall," The Phoenix Gazette, Nov. 2, 1995.
• "Telecom Man," Internet World, Sept. 1995, p.56.
• "Internet users doggedly finding a voice," The Phoenix Gazette, August 17, 1995.
• "Blueblazing the Internet," Appalachian Trailway News, July/Aug. 1995.
• "My Tax Dollars at Work," Kudzu, Issue 95/2, Summer 1995.
• "Sanguillen Summer," Fan Magazine, No. 19, Summer 1995.
• "The Brave New Internet," Metro, Santa Clara Valley's Weekly Newspaper, June 22-28, 1995.
• "Naming the Rain," The Small Pond Magazine, V. XXXII, No. 2, Spring 1995.
• "Different Worlds," America's Intercultural Magazine (AIM), Spring 1995.
• "In Paradise," America's Intercultural Magazine (AIM), Spring 1995.
• "Angels," The Pinehurst Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, Spring 1995.

1994

• "What I really saw," Appalachian Trailway News, Nov./Dec. 1994.
• "The Lou-Lou Game," Whispers & Shouts, v. I, no. V, Autumn/Winter 1994.
• "With Channel 3's 'Arizona Family,' who needs real relatives?" Guest Column, The Arizona Republic, Sept. 4, 1994.
• "Reaching," Hawaii Review, Issue 40, Spring 1994.
• Reprinted in Eclectica, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 1997.
• "Claudia," My Legacy, Issue No. 14-A, May 1994.
• "Along Union Boulevard," Magnolia Leaf, March 1994.
• "Joey," The Paper Bag, No. 6, Winter/Spring 1994.

1993

• "Down the Shore," Sensations Magazine, Sixth Anniversary Issue, December 1993.
• "Little Girls With Guns," The Pegasus Review, September 1993.
• "Claudia," Fan Magazine, No. 13, Summer 1993.
• "Summer Evenings," Fan Magazine, No. 12, Spring 1993.
• "The Iconoclast," The Iconoclast, Issue number 12, 1993.

1990

• "Operations as a Part of an Integrated Network Management Solution to a Hybrid Private Network," with Maryam Mirmobini, Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 Network Operations and Management Symposium, San Diego, CA.

1988

• "Soft Gluons and the Normalization of the Drell-Yan Cross Section," with George Sterman and Paul MacKenzie, Nuclear Physics B309, 259 (1988).
• “Studies in Elementary Particle Physics,” Thesis (PH.D.)--STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, 1988.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-10, Section: B, page: 4373.

1986

• "Jets as a Probe of Quark-Gluon Plasmas," with George Sterman, Physical Review, D33, 717 (1986).
• reprinted in Quark-Gluon Plasma - Theoretical Foundations, Joseph Kapusta, Johann Rafelski, and Berndt, Mueller, editors, Elsevier Science.

1984

• "Problems of Dimensional Reduction and Inflationary Cosmology," with Max Dresden, Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins Workshop on Current Problems in Particle Theory 8 -- Particles and Gravity, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, 1984, p. 229.