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Taylor White
Taylor White
Taylor is a science journalist who likes writing about health and technology. During her undergrad, she worked in labs that ranged from horseshoe crabs to studying breast cancer but later realized she enjoyed communicating science more than actually doing it. Her work has been published in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and NOVA WGBH.
![Aedes aegypti mosquito eggs lined up being injected with the Wolbachia bacteria. The World Mosquito Program has decreased dengue cases in Northern Australia dramatically, as well as in others using these bacteria. [Credit: World Mosquito Program]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Microinjection-Steve-Morton_Monash-University.jpg)
Taylor White • September 4, 2020
The World Mosquito Program injects mosquitoes with Wolbachia to protect people from viruses, like dengue
![Two of Angela Gilmour’s etchings show how natural and man-made events damage landscapes. “Toxic Wednesday” (left) shows what happens when dust clouds from the Saharan desert collide with an Atlantic weather system and pollution. The result is a toxic smog with an orange to red hue that hangs over the United Kingdom. “Blood Rain Thursday” (right) shows the dust and smog released as blood red rain. [Credit: Angela Gimour]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Weathertheweather.png)
Taylor White • September 2, 2020
In the midst of a pandemic, an artist and former physicist still works to represent endangered landscapes
![Jeff Sarnacki and his wife Juliet in November 2019, a year after Jeff was diagnosed with ALS. [Credit: Theresa Marlowe of Alfheim Photography]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73012703_2449222105348451_3847699640996593664_o.jpg)
Taylor White • May 15, 2020
With personalized speech-assistive technology, people who suffer from voice disorders and diseases, like ALS, can express their true selves again
Taylor White • April 21, 2020
Machine learning may boost disease hunting, but not everyone’s convinced
Taylor White • April 15, 2020
Pastries are just one source of inspiration for replacing the ubiquitous lithium-ion battery
Taylor White • February 17, 2020
Treating diseases with light is not new, but The Trauner Research Group might take it to the next level
Taylor White • February 3, 2020
Researchers are still looking for ways to eliminate deadly infections and copper hospital beds may help
![Photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of a home. By 2024, 2.5 percent of all U.S. homes will have solar panels, according to solar energy advocacy organization Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). [Credit: skeeze/Pixabay | CC]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/solar-panel-array-1591358_1280.jpg)
Taylor White • January 18, 2020
Residential solar technology is helping the planet and your wallet
Taylor White • November 22, 2019
Recent electrical fires at Walmart raise the question, is rooftop solar power safe?
Taylor White • November 12, 2019
Feline foamy virus is widespread in domestic cats, a new study finds, which could make them more susceptible to other viruses known to be deadly to domestic and wild cats