Rachel Ehrenberg

Previously the interdisciplinary sciences and chemistry reporter and author of the Culture Beaker blog, Rachel has written about new explosives, the perils and promise of 3-D printing and how to detect corruption in networks of email correspondence. Rachel was a 2013-2014 Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. She has degrees in botany and political science from the University of Vermont and a master’s in evolutionary biology from the University of Michigan. She graduated from the science writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

All Stories by Rachel Ehrenberg

  1. Humans

    Bionic women (and men) get closer to reality

    Prosthetics and new therapies restore abilities to move, see, walk.

  2. Humans

    What goes wrong when talks break down

    A nonlinear analysis explains how negotiations often turn on seemingly insignificant details.

  3. Math

    After nailing 2012 elections, number crunchers suggest pollsters are asking the wrong question

  4. Tech

    Printed robot moves with a beat

    Tiny device created with a 3-D printer employs heart cells to make it move.

  5. Tech

    Tiny muscles pull a big punch

    Coated carbon nanotubes form the basis of this smart new material.

  6. Chemistry

    Hydrogen fuel edges a step closer

    A new chemical setup creates clean-burning gas by mimicking plant photosynthesis.

  7. Humans

    Red state, blue state

    Resizing geographic areas by population gives more accurate view of 2012 election.

  8. Tech

    Plastic fantastic seals in speeding projectiles

    Layered nanomaterial shows how bulletproof polymers wrap around penetrating particles.

  9. Chemistry

    Human blood types have deep evolutionary roots

    The ABO system may date back 20 million years or more, a genetic analysis suggests.

  10. Math

    Living longer comes easier

    Human longevity is largely a modern phenomenon.

  11. Science & Society

    Scientists embrace Twitter for spreading the word and hashing through new data

  12. Tech

    Cancer cells executed by magnet

    Metal nanoparticles trigger cell's own death machinery.