
Charles Q. Choi
Forest Hills, N.Y.
Charles Q. Choi is a science reporter who has written for Scientific American, The New York Times, Wired, Science, Nature, Popular Science, and National Geographic News, among others. For his work, he has hunted for mammoth DNA in Yukon, faced gunmen in Guatemala, entered the sarcophagus housing radioactive ruins in Chernobyl, and looked for mammal fossils in Wyoming based on the guidance from an artificial intelligence.
In his spare time, Charles has traveled to all seven continents, including scaling the side of an iceberg in Antarctica, investigating mummies from Siberia, snorkeling in the Galápagos Islands, excavating ancient Mayan ruins in Belize, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, camping in the Outback, and avoiding thieves near Shaolin Temple.
Recent Work
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- Semiconductors
Scientists Discover a New Kind of Magnet
Its magnetic properties come from spin excitons, and could someday improve the speed and power consumption of data storage devices
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- Semiconductors
These 3 Electroceuticals Could Help You Heal Faster
One day, electric bandages and biodegradable electronic implants could ward off infections and speed recovery
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- Semiconductors
Scientists Outfit Bees With Wireless Sensors to Create a "Living IoT Platform"
A research team tries to turn bees into living drones by gluing wireless sensor platforms to their backs
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- Biomedical
Blood Pressure Monitoring Off the Cuff
Cuffless blood pressure monitors could help continuously measure this vital sign
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- Computing
Scottish Farmers Test Machine Vision to Manage Pig Pugnacity
Algorithms aided by 3D cameras predict when pigs are about to nip each other’s tails
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- Aerospace
New Electric Drone Has Groundbreaking Flight Time
The US-1, from Impossible Aerospace, can fly for 2 hours
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- Energy
Algorithms Help Power Grids Survive GPS Spoofs
The approach can keep a grid in service even if one-third of its nodes are compromised
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- Energy
New Materials Could Usher in Faster-Charging, Higher-Power Batteries
Niobium tungsten oxide anodes could boost lithium-ion batteries
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- Energy
Liquid Battery Based on Methuselah Molecule
The longest-lasting high-performance organic flow battery to date
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- Robotics
How to Make an Artificial Neural Net With DNA
AI in a test tube could help detect complex patterns of molecules