Posts by Kara Manke

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An illustration shows a green sample in a vial. Next to it is a bubble which shows a close up of the CRISPR Cas13 protein and how it interacts with viral RNA.

New CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses smartphone cameras to spot virus RNA

December 4, 2020

A photo shows three agricultural laborers working in a green field

California farmworkers hit hard by COVID-19, study finds

December 2, 2020

A photo of a grey and blue robotic arm against a black background. The arm is blurry, and appears to be in the process of moving a small green squirtbottle from one red bin to another red bin.

Deep learning helps robots grasp and move objects with ease

November 18, 2020

Two men in yellow safety vests stand outside on either side of an open sewer drain. Between them sits a wastewater autosampler, a large grey plastic cylinder about the size of a trashcan.

UC Berkeley launches pop-up lab to monitor Bay Area sewage for COVID-19

October 29, 2020

A photo of a tin container labeled

Berkeley Public Health announces plans to rename, repurpose former eugenics fund

October 26, 2020

A portrait of Anthony Fauci wearing a black suit with a white tie, and standing in from of a cellular microscope image.

Dr. Anthony Fauci backs universal health care, expects slow return to ‘normal’

October 8, 2020

A photo of President Donald Trump, wearing a mask, on the steps into Marine One.

Trump’s COVID-19 treatments suggest severe illness, UC Berkeley expert says

October 6, 2020

A Black woman stands in the street, wearing a large hat that obscures her face. She holds a sign that says

Stark racial bias revealed in police killings of older, mentally ill, unarmed Black men

October 5, 2020

A child sits at a table outside with a compression band around their arm, while a person wearing blue scrubs and white gloves prepares to draw a blood sample

Prior Zika virus infection increases risk of severe dengue disease

August 27, 2020

A historical map of San Francisco in which each neighborhood has been shaded according to it's Home Owners' Loan Corp. investment rating

Historical redlining linked to premature births, smaller babies

August 14, 2020

A coyote stands facing the camera, with a blurred out urban backdrop behind it.

Systemic racism hurts not just humans, but urban biodiversity

August 13, 2020

A pair of hands wearing blue gloves holds a baby's heel on a piece of paper. The baby's heel has been pricked,

Should we sequence newborns’ DNA? The answer is complicated, study finds

August 11, 2020

A map of the Los Angeles metropolitan area shows blue, green and red areas corresponding with the coastal, central and inland zones of the city.

Warming climate may bring more West Nile outbreaks to Southern California

August 5, 2020

A women wearing a cloth face mask and a blue tee shirt that says

During COVID-19, Girls in Engineering camp gets creative online

July 28, 2020

A scientific image shows three graphs in an array of colors, each of which has the letters C - A - L clearly visible.

Researchers create ‘decoy’ coatings that trick infrared cameras

July 24, 2020

A photo of a person in black robes watering a patch of green field amidst a dry, brown landscape

Pesticides speed the spread of deadly waterborne pathogens

July 17, 2020

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