She follows in the footstep of Mark Zuckerberg and the co-founders of Google, yet she is no millionaire tech CEO. Rather she is the Innovation Director of the UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies.
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The book: “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” by Mary Roach Suggested for: Anyone who finds research of dead bodies particularly fascinating. Or anyone who would like to learn some science nuggets without being bogged down by a plethora of technical mumbo-jumbo and boring numbers. Clog rating: When science Read More…
Have you ever wanted to log in to a device with your mind? For students here at Cal, this would be convenient. Imagine being able to access AirBears or your student email address by simply thinking. Never again would you constantly have to type in your CalNet username and password to Read More…
Here at Cal, we like to tackle the big questions. After all, we are one of the world’s premier research universities. Continuing with this tradition, UC Berkeley scientists are now attempting to answer one of the biggest questions in existence: how did life on earth begin? Told you it was Read More…
Researchers at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry have discovered that protein molecules in the human cornea contain pathogen killing properties that may help explain why the human body is relatively immune to infections. Read More…
On July 4, two experiments analyzing data from the Large Hadron Collider at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) at the border of Switzerland and France announced that they had discovered a new particle, which looks similar to the long-sought Higgs boson. Read More…
Winkelstein was most noted for his pioneering study of AIDS in the 1980s, study of heart disease in women and finding a link between tobacco and cervical cancer, according to his colleague, campus Professor of Biostatistics Steve Selvin. Read More…
The European Organization for Nuclear Research announced they have evidence to support the existence of the Higgs boson — a discovery made possible with contributions from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Read More…
Space physicist and UC Berkeley physics professor emeritus Kinsey Anderson died June 11. He was 85. Read More…