Published Work (most recent first)
Book!
The History of Vaccines book, based on the website of the same name, was published in 2013.
Clips
I've been busy with non-byline work and editing for the last couple of years, but most of my previous stories are listed below.
2015
2014
2009
2008
- "Digging Out Worthwhile Content on the Web." SIAM News, October 2008.
- "Lung provides breathing room underwater." The Boston Globe, August 25, 2008. (Freelance)
- "Scientist offers new theory of how creatures grow old." The Boston Globe, July 28, 2008. (Freelance)
- "Severe-weather Experiment Puts Leading-edge Numerical Model Technology to the Test." SIAM News, July/August 2008.
- "Drink Up." The Boston Globe, May 19, 2008. (Freelance)
- "Novel Algorithm Speeds Discovery of Electric Power Grid Vulnerabilities." SIAM News, May 2008.
- "Second Novel in Print, Mathematician Manil Suri Ponders his Overlapping Careers." SIAM News, April 2008.
- "Does a drug’s price affect how well it works?." The Boston Globe, March 10, 2008. (Freelance)
2007
- "Prize-winning Video Brings Möbius Transformations to Life." SIAM News, December 2007.
- "Math in a Material World." SIAM News, December 2007. (Book review)
- "From Engine Parts to Monuments, Mathematics-based Software Conjures Accurate 3D Models." SIAM News, September 2007.
- "Medical literacy may help save lives." The Boston Globe, July 30, 2007. (Freelance)
- "Unknown Nanostructures Give Up Secrets to Interdisciplinary Group at LBNL." SIAM News, July/August 2007.
- "MIT’s “Dream Team” Wins SIAM Award for MCM 07." SIAM News, June 2007.
- "Researchers track down genes that cause antibiotic resistance." The Boston Globe, May 28, 2007. (Freelance)
- "Cutting traffic for a few days reduces pollution in China." The Boston Globe, May 7, 2007. (Freelance)
- "An evolving book on evolution (Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives)." Science & Spirit, May 2007. (Freelance book review)
- "Sparse Matrix Algorithm Drives SPICE Performance Gains." SIAM News, May 2007.
- "Drug combinations may be better than sum of their parts." The Boston Globe, April 9, 2007. (Freelance)
- "Excess weight of pregnancy may end up on child." The Boston Globe, April 2, 2007. (Freelance)
- "Long-time Interest in Biorhythms Settles Into Fascination with Oscillations in Cognition." SIAM News, March 2007.
- "Older people taking antidepressants are at greater risk of breaking bones." The Boston Globe, January 29, 2007. (Freelance)
- "Café Scientifique: Spirited Public Discussions of Science Catch On Worldwide." SIAM News, January/February 2007.
2006
- "Youths can take different routes to drug addiction." The Boston Globe, December 11, 2006. (Freelance)
- "The Way We Think About What It Means to Know Things." SIAM News, December 2006.
- "Money may make people feel self-sufficient, self-centered." The Boston Globe, November 20, 2006.
- "Visualizing Mathematical Surfaces." SIAM News, November 2006.
- "The Human Heart Laid Bare." SIAM News, November 2006.
- "Step by Step, Math Models Unlock Secrets of Cancer Biology." SIAM News, October 2006.
- "Taking on the ITER Challenge, Scientists Look to Innovative Algorithms, Petascale Computers." SIAM News, September 2006.
Michelle also guest-posts on Tom Levenson's blog, Inverse Square. You can peruse the blog at random, or try searching for her name there.