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Mind & body

A breakthrough in electron microscopy delivers sharper images of our body’s tiniest proteins

UC Berkeley physicists have introduced phase contrast to the electron microscope, allowing scientists to see much smaller molecules and smaller structures inside cells.

Research

As California warms, cases of dengue fever are expected to grow

Mind & body

Hi-res microscopes give biologists petabytes of data. Scientists are creating an AI assistant to make sense of it. - Video

Campus news

New Gateway building creates dedicated campus hub for AI, computing

Scientists split gentoo penguins into four species, one totally new to science. Three of them are already threatened.

A new way to measure breast cancer risk before tumors appear

Sunbirds suck, scientists find. Hummingbirds don’t. - Video

One-of-a-kind experiment tracked plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide

Birds do it, bees do it … sip alcohol, that is

Lightning bolts on Jupiter pack more than 100 times the power of Earth’s flashes

Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe’s brightest exploding stars

We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires

Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps - Video

Basic research on Listeria bacteria leads to unique cancer therapy

Why are Tatooine planets rare? Blame general relativity.

For 21 years, enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET. UC Berkeley scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found.

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