
Cici Zhang
A science writer hoping to reignite your curiosity
"Either write things worth reading or do things worth writing."
Citrus greening is killing the world’s orange trees. Scientists are racing to help
Chemical & Engineering News (Cover Story)
To save a billion-dollar industry from the infectious disease, also known as huanglongbing, researchers are turning to gene editing, RNA interference, and other advanced techniques
The tale of 2 asteroid sample-return missions
Chemical & Engineering News (Cover Story)
OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 are set to collect data that could reveal clues to the origins of life, as well as aid in planetary defense and resource mining
Drug companies routinely tweak their clinical trial designs in ways that seem designed to obtain opportune results. Very often, the FDA doesn’t mind.
Tweaking Drug Trial Design in the Hunt for the FDA’s Green Light
Undark Magazine
Her company, MicroByre, is proving that wild microbes can be engineered to produce useful chemicals
Sarah Richardson on prestige publishing: ‘Luckily, I don’t give a crap about that’
Chemical & Engineering News
Why do minority patients have a much harder time finding a match for bone marrow transplants?
Selected Work
This Chinese telescope team is making a 7,000 mile journey to the eclipse
Astronomy Magazine
An optical telescope built by the Chinese researchers starts its journey to 2017’s Great American Solar Eclipse
What's baijiu, and where does its unique flavor come from?
Chemical & Engineering News
Scientists and spirit producers are learning more about the chemistry of the Chinese liquor