Living in a world of pathogens
Learning so much about bacteria made me realize how blind I had been to the world around me. To underestimate these amazing organisms now seems unacceptable.
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10 misconceptions about sleep
Sleep, a necessary human function, has snuck its way into our popular media and culture, but we still believe in many falsehoods and myths about it.
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Stop glorifying UC Berkeley’s workaholic stress culture
CAMPUS ISSUES: On this college campus, professors and administrators must encourage learning — not academic burnout
A recent tweet criticizing a UC Berkeley electrical engineering and computer sciences professor’s proposed 80-hour weekly academic workload has outraged many community members. But this incident is symptomatic of a larger issue: the toxic work culture on this campus. UC Berkeley is often stereotyped as the “workaholic” UC campus, and it’s time for the community to acknowledge how harmful that title really is.
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UC Berkeley must demand funding for basic research
At the end of November, the spacecraft InSight landed on Mars and captured the hearts of people around the country. NASA will explore the deep interior of Mars with the goal of understanding the planet’s composition and evolution. The InSight landing is significant not only because it accesses new data
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Crossing paths with Berkeley
If you’re looking for a distraction that’s still brainy enough to keep your mind at work, look no further than this puzzle.
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UC Berkeley researchers find support for antibody-dependent enhancement in dengue disease
A study led by UC Berkeley researchers in Nicaragua found support for the decades-old hypothesis of antibody-dependent enhancement, or ADE, in dengue disease.
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UC appeals decision that both parties in CRISPR-Cas9 lawsuit can maintain patents
The University of California filed an appeal April 12 to overturn the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s, or PTAB’s, decision that there was no interference between the university’s and the Broad’s patent applications for CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology.
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UC Berkeley-led team creates smallest transistor to date
Accomplishing what was theorized to be impossible according to the laws of physics, UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences Ali Javey and his research team have created the smallest transistor to date, allowing for faster electronics in the future.
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UC Berkeley researchers’ review shows climate change impacting socioeconomic conditions
Tamma Carleton, a Ph.D. candidate in agricultural and resource economics, and Solomon Hsiang, chancellor’s associate professor of public policy, published a review of more than 100 studies – which focused on the economic and social impacts of climate change – in Science last week.
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UC Berkeley faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
Six campus faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific societies, according to a Tuesday NAS release.
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