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Approximately half of California workers will retire in or near poverty, according to a study published Monday by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The study details the fiscal consequences of the decline in secure retirement plans offered by California employers. In the past, many employers offered
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The embarrassment from running into a closed glass door or tripping on a crowded street is not something to feel bad about, according to a new study from three UC Berkeley researchers. According to the research, which was published Sept. 19 in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, those
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The simple task of boiling water can take a Haitian almost 40 minutes using traditional charcoal stoves, during which they are exposed to levels of air pollution that can effectively shorten the average life by 6.6 years. However, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are working to improve the efficiency
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Researchers at UC Berkeley are engineering small robots capable of crawling and flying over all types of terrain, and they are looking to nature for inspiration. Engineers at UC Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab are working closely with biologists to develop robots that function more fluidly in the environment by mimicking
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Scientists could recreate dreams and memories with new brain imaging technology developed by UC Berkeley researchers. With the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging, activities created by the brain from watching YouTube videos were reconstructed, allowing scientists to view the images that the brain observed. The research was published Sept.
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Your optometrist may make you cry during your next appointment, but don’t worry — it’s for your own good. Amy Herr, UC Berkeley assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering, and graduate student Kelly Karns have developed a new method of diagnosing the eye disease Sjogren’s syndrome by analyzing tears.
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In addition to providing shade and oxygen, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researcher’s study published Sept. 14 in the journal Environmental Research Letters proposes that trees could help cool the planet through evaporation. According to the study, evaporated water from trees adds to low-level clouds, which reflect solar radiation back to
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UC Berkeley researchers laid the groundwork for potentially developing more energy-efficient solar cells in a new study published Sept. 15 in the journal Physical Review Letters. In the past, researchers have focused on looking at domains — the crystal surface of a solar cell that can convert sunlight into energy
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The key to silent stealth aircraft may lie in hummingbirds’ tails, which UC Berkeley and Yale University researchers have discovered are the source of the tiny creatures’ mating noises, according to a study published in the journal Science Sept. 9. The researchers observed that certain male hummingbirds make sounds with
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With ease comparable to that of uploading a Facebook photo, social media users can now contribute to the conservation of endangered reptile and amphibian species worldwide. UC Berkeley and Stanford University researchers last week helped launch the Global Reptile BioBlitz, a social networking site where anyone around the world can
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