Adithi Ramakrishnan
Science Reporting Intern, American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAdithi Ramakrishnan is a science reporting intern at WUNC through the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship. She is a neuroscience major and creative writing minor at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Adithi has previously written for Massive Science and the National Association of Science Writers, covering everything from music and the brain to painted lady butterflies. Outside of science writing, Adithi enjoys writing spoken word poetry and binge-watching Bollywood movies.
Adithi Ramakrishnan worked at WUNC from June to August 2021.
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Researchers designed a bite-proof fabric made of nylon and spandex which could help curb the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. -
Black birders have to be conscious of their personal safety in the field. Two PhD students at North Carolina State University are raising awareness on social media. -
Fire ants are an invasive species, and they're here to stay in North Carolina. Here's what to do if a colony pops up in your backyard. -
The Institute of Marine Sciences is celebrating its 50th year of shark data collection, allowing scientists to learn more about an apex predator that's essential to ocean ecosystems. -
The flatworm hails from Papua New Guinea and feeds on everything from earthworms to slugs and snails. -
Two teams of North Carolina scientists have engineering lab-grown liver tissues that survived for 30 days. This breakthrough, which won the teams first and second prize in NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge, could lay the groundwork for better organ models and easier transplants in the future.
