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Patent office renews dispute over patent rights to CRISPR-Cas9
Interference declaration impacts most of Broad Institute’s CRISPR-Cas9 patents
Berkeley’s Bearettes first to bring majorette-style dance to UC system
The dance troupe will perform with the Afro Urban Society at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival in Zellerbach Hall on July 6 and 7.
BAMPFA founding director Peter Selz dies at 100
As director, Selz more than doubled the museum's collection, often defying 1960s art trends.
Linda Burton named new dean of Berkeley’s social welfare school
She comes from Duke University, where she's the James B. Duke Professor of Sociology
Does limited underground water storage make plants less susceptible to drought?
Contrary to expectations, plants withstand drought better if adapted to areas of limited below-ground water storage
Deportation worries fuel anxiety, poor sleep, among U.S.-born Latinx youth
In wake of 2016 election, fear of family separation may be taking its toll on the children of Mexican and Central American immigrants
Berkeley Talks: Berkeley artist Mildred Howard on the impact of gentrification in the Bay Area
Howard appeared at BAMPFA on June 19 for a screening of the new documentary, Welcome to the Neighborhood, which highlights her own family’s history in South Berkeley and the neighborhood’s transformation over the past 50 years.
Charmin Smith returns to Berkeley as head women’s basketball coach
After being hired away by the WNBA's New York Liberty in April, Smith replaces Lindsay Gottlieb, now with the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers
Berkeley helps to push back against excessive California court fees and fines
Stephanie Campos-Bui of Berkeley Law's East Bay Community Law Center was the chief writer of the bill designed to relieve the financial burden on the poor.
Couple introduces Berkeley falcons to the world, one post at a time
One tweet at a time, couple behind @CalFalconCam shares their love for birds with the world
Randy Schekman: Don’t put science ‘behind a paywall’
In Scientific American op-ed, 2013 Nobel winner decries excessive profits in academic publishing
Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
First heat images of the rings of Uranus enable scientists to determine their temperature: a frigid -320 Fahrenheit
Bats’ brains sync when they socialize
Study sheds light on how brains process social interactions
Crystal with a twist: scientists grow spiraling new material
New spiraling material could yield unexpected properties, like superconductivity
Scientists chart course toward a new world of synthetic biology
Engineering or synthetic biology promises to improve many aspects of life, but it needs strong government support to do so
Five moments Berkeley led the way for the queer community
The Berkeley community has played a key role in pushing for equal rights, visibility and representation for the LGBTQI+ community
Californians agree: Don’t build in wildfire-prone areas
New UC Berkeley poll takes voter temperature on housing issues
An immunologist and a bioengineer are named 2019 Pew Scholars
Scholars receive guaranteed multiyear funding to study obesity, cancer
When it comes to climate change, don’t forget the microbes
Experts warn of a critical need to consider consequences of climate change for microbial life, and vice versa
Researchers use facial quirks to unmask ‘deepfakes’
From wrinkled noses to pursed lips, the distinct characteristics of how we speak may hold the key to combating manipulated videos