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

    Social Media Sway

    Worries over political misinformation on Twitter attract scientists’ attention.

  2. Chemistry

    Japanese lab lays claim to element 113

    With the latest observation of a superheavy atom, a chemical catfight looms over who will get to name it.

  3. Tech

    Degradable devices vanish after use

    Technique combines silicon, magnesium and silk for medical implants, transistors and digital cameras that can melt away.

  4. Math

    Bumblebees navigate new turf without a map

    The insects can quickly calculate the best route between flowers.

  5. Chemistry

    Water boils sans bubbles

    Insulating steam keeps a superhot object from splattering the soup.

  6. Tech

    Facebook peer pressure gets out the vote

    People were more likely to take part in the November 2010 election when they were told that their online friends already had.

  7. Science & Society

    Science needs a kick to take advantage of the generosity of crowds

  8. Chemistry

    Big jobs go to loyal proteins

    Cells offload much of their nonessential work on enzymes that juggle a number of tasks.

  9. Tech

    Unmixing oil and water

    A new filter that separates the two substances only using gravity could help clean oil spills.

  10. Earth

    The facts behind the frack

    The gas, primarily methane, is cheap and relatively clean. Because America is brimful of the stuff, harvesting the fuel via fracking could provide the country jobs and reduce its dependence on foreign sources of energy.

  11. Chemistry

    Supersmall lab-on-a-chip is superfast

    Two-chamber nanowire device that quickly finds diagnostic molecules in blood could be a lifesaver.

  12. Tech

    Camera hack can spot cleaned-up crimes

    Exploiting a standard tool of art conservation can help police find painted-over bloodstains.