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Termite mound
Justin Brashares explores the social and cultural impacts of declining wildlife populations around the world, from fish to carnivores.
Hands in air
Two Republican House members from California should start to worry about their jobs, according to two new polls from UC Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies.
Alex Bayen and Pulkit Agrawal
Alexandre Bayen and PhD student Pulkit Agrawal developed a computer vision-based system to help memory care centers monitor patient falls and to reduce them where possible.
Alex Bayen
Has your smartphone traffic app ever led you into a traffic jam? Join the club.
red blood cell
One of today’s sharpest imaging tools, super-resolution microscopy, produces sparkling images of what until now has been the blurry interior of cells, detailing not only the cell’s internal organs and skeleton, but also providing insights into cells’ amazing flexibility.
Peidong Yang sitting in his lab
Call it “liquid sunlight.” With the right technology, the gas station of the future will make its own fuel directly from sunlight, in the process sucking up carbon and producing oxygen.
Cal tinted windows
A new discovery by Berkeley researchers may soon bring us windows that automatically tint on a sunny day to block the heat while also generating electricity.
Brain
UC Berkeley neuroscientists have tracked the progress of a thought through the brain, showing clearly how the prefrontal cortex at the front of the brain coordinates activity to help us act in response to a perception.
Raymond Lifchez
The Center for Independent Living will recognize UC Berkeley architecture and city planning professor Raymond Lifchez tomorrow (Jan. 23) with the second annual Ed Roberts Award, which recognizes and honors individual contributions to the success of CIL and the independent living/disability rights movement.
Woman sitting on bed looking at phone
Contrary to conventional wisdom, people tend to wind down rather than whip themselves into a frenzy while browsing Facebook and Twitter.
swath of dead trees in the Sierra Nevada
To drive through parts of the Sierra Nevada these days is to witness a morbid reminder of California’s extreme drought: Vast landscapes of standing dead trees, a brown tide sweeping across the green landscape.
A swath of dead trees in the Sierra Nevada (Photo by Scott Stephens)

To drive through parts of the Sierra Nevada these days is to witness a morbid reminder of California’s extreme drought: Vast landscapes of standing dead tree

Study finds that people more likely to define relationships with female relatives as difficult.
Most of us put up with whiners, naggers, control freaks and other annoying people in our lives for good reason – we’re related to them.
blowing nose - flu
Getting lots of sleep, drinking lots of water, sneezing into the crook of your arm and getting a vaccination no doubt will help fight back the flu. But if you don’t want to get it in the first place, don’t breathe.
Margaret Conkey
Margaret Conkey, a professor emerita of anthropology, is the Royal Anthropological Institute’s 2017 Thomas J. Huxley Memorial Medal recipient.
Prof. Schruben with wife Donna.
IEOR Professor Lee W. Schruben recently received the Lifetime Professional Achievement Award (LPAA) by the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Simulation Society, the highest honor given by the society.