Mark Tan - The Daily Californian

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

UC Berkeley astronomers honor historic picture of Earth from Saturn

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This white speck in this picture is Earth, taken from a spacecraft currently 898 million miles away from its home.

The Earth looked like a speck in the universe — a tiny pixel in vast space — in a photo taken from the perspective of a lens hovering 898 million miles away. Read More…

Research & Ideas

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

New magnet technology developed by researchers

The U.S. LHC Accelerator Program (LARP) succeeded in the testing of a new superconducting high-field quadrupole magnet, known as HQ02a last week in an international project which the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory contributed to. Read More…

Research & Ideas

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

UC Berkeley researchers show little sleep increases anticipatory anxiety levels

Like many UC Berkeley students, Ryan Peden is a chronic late-night sleeper. His regular sleep schedule is from 3 or 4 a.m. to about 8 in the morning, which is 2 to 3 hours less than the widely recommended 7-to-8 hour sleep period. Read More…

Crime & Courts

Friday, June 21, 2013

Second suspect arrested in connection with February homicide

Oakland resident Jevon Calland, 21, was arrested by Berkeley police on Sunday on suspicion of homicide. Read More…