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. Chemistry

    Plasticizers kept from leaching out

    ‘Chemicals of concern’ may be made safer in new materials.

  2. Chemistry

    Naming an atomic heavyweight

    More than a decade after its debut in a German lab, element 112 is officially named copernicium.

  3. Health & Medicine

    Rapid HIV treatment could slow growing TB rates

    Widespread yearly testing and immediate treatment with antiretroviral drugs could avert more than 6 million tuberculosis cases in Africa, a new model finds.

  4. Health & Medicine

    Dolphins may offer clues to treating diabetes

    Insulin-resistance switch helps maintain glucose levels in dolphin brains, suggesting possible clues to treating diabetes in people.

  5. Life

    Keeping black bears wild

    Wildlife managers compare ways to keep bears away from food and people.

  6. Humans

    Algae as biofuel still rough around the edges

    Sources of nutrients, carbon dioxide can make or break this potential renewable fuel heavyweight

  7. Humans

    Common stain repellent linked to thyroid disease

    Long-term health study shows connection with blood levels of perfluorooctanoic acid.

  8. Materials Science

    Breakup doesn’t keep hydrogel down

    Scientists create a new material that is strong, soft and self-healing.

  9. Life

    Jiminy Cricket! Pollinator caught in the act

    Using night-vision cameras, scientists have documented the first example of cricket pollination of an orchid and discovered a new species of the insect on the island of Réunion.

  10. The final chemistry frontier

    Molecules of the interstellar medium must break the rules to make the stuff of space.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Study supports connection between BPA and heart disease

    U.S. population data reveal possible relationship between cardiovascular risk and plastics chemical.

  12. Physics

    Symmetry found hidden in supercold atoms

    Scientists have detected an elusive, complex symmetry in the frequencies of resonating particles