UC Berkeley Study Links Sleep Deprivation to Junk Food Cravings
A UC Berkeley has linked sleep deprivation to junk food cravings, finding that high-level brain regions required for complex judgments and decisions become blunted by…
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Warmer Weather and Precipitation Increase the Risk of Violence
A newly published study from Princeton University and UC Berkeley reveals that slight increases in temperature and precipitation result in increased human conflict. Should climate…
Scientists Grow Inexpensive High-End Photovoltaic Compounds
In an effort to bring high-end photovoltaics to the masses, UC Berkeley scientists have developed an inexpensive way to grow indium phosphide, a III-V compound…
Researchers Find a Link between Poor Sleep, Memory Loss and Brain Deterioration
New research from UC Berkeley suggests that sleep disruption in the elderly, mediated by structural brain changes, represents a contributing factor to age-related cognitive decline….
Pressure Can Revert and Stop the Growth of Cancer Cells
New research showed that applying physical pressure to malignant breast cancer cells guided them back to a normal growth pattern. This research could lead to…
New Imaging Technique Reveals Possible Plan of Attack for Bacterial Diseases
By developing a new fluorescent labeling strategy and employing super-resolution light microscopy, researchers at UC Berkeley were able to examine the structure of bacterial biofilms…
NuSTAR Set to Study Some of the Most Energetic Phenomena in the Universe
NASA’s NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean on June 13, providing researchers with sharp images of black…
Evidence Suggests that Earth May Be Headed Toward an Irreversible Change in the Biosphere
A new paper by 22 international scientists describes the need for better predictive models based on detailed understandings of how the biosphere reacted in the…
Floating Robots Demonstrate Their Water Monitoring Technology
Engineers at UC Berkeley released their smartphone-equipped floating robots in the Sacramento River to field test their ability and to demonstrate their water monitoring technology….
Neuroscientists Decode Correlation Between Sound and Brain Activity
UC Berkeley neuroscientists are hoping to be able to hear the unsaid words of patients in the near future. While conducting their research, they were…
Leaping Lizards Influence Robot Design at UC Berkeley
Leaping lizards have a message for robots: Get a tail! University of California, Berkeley, biologists and engineers – including undergraduate and graduate students – studied…
