I'm an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum, where I edit expert-authored features
for the magazine and write about semiconductors, physics, and space.

You can reach me at rcourtland /-at-/ nasw.org and find me on Twitter at @rcourt.

Selected stories:

2012:
The Kilogram, Reinvented
The Battle Between ARM and Intel Gets Real
Single Blue Planet Seeks Same
3-D Chips Grow Up

2011:
Transistor Made to Run on Protons
Armored Spacecraft Sets Course for Jupiter
Superconductor Logic Goes Low-Power
EUV Light Makers Playing Catch-Up
The Origins of Intel's New Transistor, and Its Future
Superconductivity Celebrates 100 Years
Radiation Hardening 101: How To Protect Nuclear Reactor Electronics

Before joining IEEE Spectrum, I reported on quantum computing,
galactic cannibalism, general relativity, lunar lava tubes, and a number
of other topics in physics and astronomy for New Scientist out of its
Boston office. A full list of my New Scientist stories can be found here.