University of California - Berkeley
The University of California at Berkeley (UC-Berkeley) is the flagship of the University of California system. Berkeley was established in 1868 as the first of the public universities of the eventual 10 campuses. UC Berkeley has an acclaimed physics department. It is the manager of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Nearly 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students undertake UC Berkeley's 200 programs and individual post graduate degree programs. UC Berkeley has a solid $2 billion endowment with the ability to attract grants from the National Science Foundation and other foundations. UC Berkeley has numerous Nobel Laureates with ties to its university and Medal of Science recipients.
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Bosses who feel inadequate can turn into bullies
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bosses who are in over their heads are more likely to bully subordinates. That's because feelings of inadequacy trigger them to lash out at those around them, according to new research from UC Berkeley and ...
'Cyberlaw Cases' blog monitors top Internet-related cases
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of California, Berkeley, professors are teaming up with two colleagues to launch "Cyberlaw Cases," a blog covering what they consider the top 10 most important pending U.S. ...
THEMIS satellite tracks electrical tornadoes in space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth-bound tornadoes are puny compared to "space tornadoes," which span a volume as large as Earth and produce electrical currents exceeding 100,000 amperes, according to new observations ...
Allen Telescope Array begins all-sky surveys
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With commissioning of the 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) nearly complete, UC Berkeley astronomers are now embarking on several major radio astronomy projects, including daily surveys of ...
For horned lizard, horns alone do not make the species
Jul 21, 2009 |
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How do you recognize a new species? A thorough study of the million-year evolution of California's horned lizards, sometimes referred to as "horny toads," shows that when it comes to distinguishing such recently ...
Summer haze has a cooling effect in southeastern United States
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming may include some periods of local cooling, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Results from satellite and ground-based sensor data show that sweltering ...
Hackers breach UC Berkeley computer database
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- University of California, Berkeley, officials said Friday that hackers infiltrated restricted computer databases, putting at risk health and other personal information on 160,000 students, alumni and others.
Scientists cable seafloor seismometer into California's earthquake network
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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A newly-laid, 32-mile underwater cable finally links the state's only seafloor seismic station with the University of California, Berkeley's seismic network, merging real-time data from west of the San Andreas fault with ...
Marriage improves after kids fly the coop, study suggests
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- So much for the empty nest blues. A University of California, Berkeley, study that tracked the relationships of dozens of women has found evidence that marriages improve once the kids have flown the coop.
When ants attack: Researchers recreate chemicals that trigger aggression
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Experiments led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that normally friendly ants can turn against each other by exploiting the chemical cues they use ...
Exploring the standard model of physics without the high-energy collider
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US, have performed sophisticated laser measurements to detect the subtle effects of one of nature's most ...
Researchers find early markers of Alzheimer's disease
Jul 14, 2009 |
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A large study of patients with mild cognitive impairment revealed that results from cognitive tests and brain scans can work as an early warning system for the subsequent development of Alzheimer's disease.
Pesticide susceptibility in children lasts longer than expected
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Although it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much longer into childhood than expected, according to a new study by researchers ...
Far UV detector is part of new instrument to be installed on Hubble
May 07, 2009 |
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NASA's final mission to the 17-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, which begins May 11, will deliver a new instrument partly built by University of California, Berkeley, physicists to map the structure of the ...
New resource for teachers, public on how to recognize science when you see it
Feb 13, 2009 |
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If you think you know what science is and how science works, think again. A new University of California, Berkeley, Web site called "Understanding Science" (http://undsci.berkeley.edu/) paints an entirely new picture of what sc ...
