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Johnson joined the Health team as a science writer in 2008. She also has covered telecommunications and tech culture for the Business section. Johnson was a physics and English major at Amherst College and earned her master’s degree in science writing from MIT.
Latest stories
Harvard researchers grow nano-landscape
By Carolyn Y. Johnson , Globe Staff
The lush garden of petals, twisting stems, and finely wrought leaves is invisible to the naked eye and best seen with an electron microscope.
Space telescope failure may endanger planet-hunting mission
By Carolyn Y. Johnson , Globe Staff
A malfunction on the Kepler Space Telescope, used by Harvard astronomers to find planets, may endanger its capabilities.
Scientists clone human embryonic stem cells
By Carolyn Y. Johnson , Globe Staff
Scientists in Oregon declared success in the effort, but advances in recent years have made the work little more than a footnote.
Science in Mind
Boston scientists earn Hughes Institute investigator status
By Carolyn Y. Johnson , Globe Staff
On Thursday, more evidence of Boston’s research strength arrived, as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a major funder of biomedical research, announced its newclass of investigators.