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Research
Cockroaches may some day inherit
the Earth, but before they do, Robert Full plans to learn all their
secrets. Full studies insects, crabs, and lizards for insight into
nature's engineering: how they run, bypass obstacles and navigate.
His findings have led to the fastest self-controlled robot, artificial
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Malaria kills more than one million children
each year. Jay Keasling describes his new technique for producing
the miracle anti-malarial drug artemisinin in a way that is inexpensive
enough for the world's poor.
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Under the auspices of the campus's Human Rights Center, now
15, director Eric Stover and his colleagues journey
regularly to countries
reeling from war, repression, and genocide
to quietly, methodically, and scientifically document their
effects on local populations and, perhaps, help attain some
measure of justice.
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Urban gardens can provide relief to endangered species of bees,
says Berkeley entomologist Gordon Frankie. His research team
studies which plants the insects prefer, and shares its
findings with the public on a popular website.
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Using EEGs, scientists discover differences between rich and
poor kids' prefrontal cortex — the part of the brain
that is critical for problem solving and creativity. More
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The idea that teenage girls should be brainy, athletic, nurturing,
and look like supermodels — while juggling homework, social
networking and resumé-padding activities — is
fueling a generational mental-health crisis, says Berkeley psychologist
Stephen Hinshaw.  More >
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Here lies the body of Mark Twain. Not the grave, but
the living body of Twain's literary work, housed at the Bancroft
Library, which continues to
publish "new works"
by Twain.
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UC Berkeley has joined forces with the energy giant, BP, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and the University of Illinois in a $500 million quest to develop carbon-neutral fuel sources. It's a challenge that has been called "'our generation's moonshot."
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 Sociologist Irene Bloemraad, an expert in the field of immigration,
seeks to raise the profile of migration studies at Berkeley,
where a new generation of students from immigrant families
is coming of age.
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