Posts by Robert Sanders

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Campus news

AI revolutionizes weather prediction to help farmers in India

Co-developed by UC Berkeley's William Boos, an artificial intelligence-based weather model delivered a timely prediction of a stalled monsoon this season, helping farmers decide when to plant their crops.

Mind & body

Sleep strengthens muscle and bone by boosting growth hormone levels. UC Berkeley researchers discover how.

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Mind & body

Can the ‘good’ bacteria in your mouth act as probiotic cavity fighters?

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Campus & community

UC Berkeley is the #1 public and #5 overall in latest Forbes rankings of undergraduate colleges

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Wing-like fans on the feet of ripple bugs inspire a novel propulsion system for miniature robots

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Scientists hack microbes to identify environmental sources of methane

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Is the ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, also the ‘friendship hormone’?

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CRISPR researchers and startup entrepreneurs will share new building in UC Berkeley’s Innovation Zone

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Repairing the heart: If zebrafish can do it, why not humans?

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Pioneering theoretical physicist Mary K. Gaillard has died at 86

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Scientists complete the most thorough analysis yet of India’s genetic diversity

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Leinweber Foundation and UC Berkeley establish $18 million endowment to fund theoretical physics research

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Are groovy brains more efficient?

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Infant born with deadly disease now thriving thanks to customized CRISPR treatment six months after birth

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Federal appeals court sends CRISPR-Cas9 patent case back to patent office for reconsideration

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Flamingos create water tornados to trap their prey

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