Aimee Cunningham

Aimee Cunningham

Biomedical Writer

Biomedical writer Aimee Cunningham is on her second tour at Science News. From 2005 to 2007, she covered chemistry, environmental science, biology and materials science for Science News.  Between stints Aimee was a freelance writer for outlets such as NPR and Scientific American Mind. She has a degree in English from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. She received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism from the Endocrine Society for the article "Hormone replacement makes sense for some menopausal women."

All Stories by Aimee Cunningham

  1. Earth

    Guidelines for wind farms

    National policies to maximize the benefits of wind farms while lessening their environmental impacts may be needed.

  2. Chemistry

    Packaging Peril: Chemicals in food wrapping turn toxic

    Chemicals that prevent grease from seeping through food packaging can transform into a suspected carcinogen.

  3. Earth

    Fish Free Fall: Hormone leads to population decline

    Trace amounts of the synthetic estrogen used in birth control pills can cause a fish population to collapse.

  4. Chemistry

    Onward, microbes

    With a tweak to their genetic codes, bacteria have been coaxed to follow a chemical trail of a researcher's choosing.

  5. Tech

    Reaching for Rays

    Harnessing the sun's rays cheaply and efficiently could address the planet's energy needs.

  6. Earth

    Emissions tied to global warming are on the rise

    The United States emitted nearly 1 percent more greenhouse gases in 2005 than it did in the year before.

  7. Earth

    Not-So-Clear Alternative: In its air-quality effects, ethanol fuel is similar to gasoline

    Switching the nation's vehicles from gasoline to ethanol may not reduce air pollution.

  8. Tech

    A New Low: Lilliputian pipette releases tiniest drops

    Physicists have constructed a pipette that dispenses a billionth of a trillionth of a liter.

  9. Earth

    On the rocks

    New research explains why a cancer-causing form of chromium has been turning up in ground and surface waters far from industrial sources.

  10. Earth

    Increase in chemical disposals

    Industrial facilities in the United States released more than 4 billion pounds of chemicals into the environment in 2005, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Even outdoors, generators pose risks

    Portable electricity generators are frequently the culprit in domestic carbon monoxide poisonings—even when the devices sit outside the home.

  12. Materials Science

    Taken for a Spin

    Considering silk from the spider's perspective may offer the best chance of replicating these creatures' tough threads.