Brett Israel

2009


Germ-Killing Chemical from Soaps, Toothpaste Building Up in Dolphins

Environmental Health News, August  1500 words

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Ancient Rocky Structures Built By Microbes

LiveScience, July  300 words


NASA Sports Drink Gives Everyone the Right Stuff

SPACE.com, June  300 words


Sharks' Killer Strategy Revealed

LiveScience, June  500 words


Galápagos Reptiles Could Face New Threat

LiveScience, June  450 words


Large Mammal Migrations Are Disappearing

LiveScience, June  600 words


New Giant Lemur Species Discovered

LiveScience, May  300 words


Stopping the Burning Season

Can carbon trading save Indonesia’s forests?

Scienceline.org, May  500 words


Shelia Oparaocha Profile

Issue 5 (PDF)

Outreach Issues, May  500 words


Tariq Banuri Profile

Issue 3

Outreach Issues, May  500 words


Talking Teeth

Shara Bailey traces modern man’s path, tooth by tooth.

Scienceline.org, February  944 words


No one wants to be a loser

Overbidding out of fear can lead to a fast trip to the poorhouse.

Scienceline.org, January  590 words


2008


Ethanol Bugs

Hot-growing bacteria may be the key to the next generation of biofuels.

Scienceline.org, November  797 words


All Aboard for Transit Funding

Election season is a boon for public transit

Scienceline.org, November  289 words


Dinosaurs Roaring Ahead, By Accident

How a little luck - and a large extinction - aided dinosaurs’ rise to dominance.

Scienceline.org, October  743 words


Moving In (PDF)

Profile of Dr. Eric Ortlund, Emory Biochemist

The Leading Edge Newsletter, Spring 2008


2007


Sustainable Transportation

Emory’s Green Transit Dilemma

Emory Journalism Website, November  1,362 words


The Leading Edge Newsletter

Emory Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology Newsletter

Founder and Editor, Fall 2007


Hunting AIDS

In Hot Pursuit, From the Day AIDS was Discovered

Emory Wheel, November  1,173 words


Emory and Georgia Tech Researchers Study the Origin of Life

A Chicken-and-Egg Riddle with Proteins and DNA

Emory Wheel, September  685 words


Researchers Link Protein to Alzheimer’s Disease

Emory Wheel, September  497 words


Profit Affects Menu Options

Healthy Choices Versus Healthy Profits

Emory Wheel, April  447 words


Scientist Probes Roots of Morality

Frans de Waal and Monkey Morality

Emory Wheel, March  512 words







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