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Photographs by Kai Hanschen and Marcus Hanschen

High-Class Housing

By Leah Worthington

Transfers find deluxe digs at Anchor House.

High-Protein Nobels

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

List of Cal-connected laureates grows by four

You’ll Never Believe It Came from Berkeley

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

Quantum blue, the mouse, card stunts, and more

Lenticular: Gravitational lenses could help scientists unravel the mystery of dark energy. William Sheu/UCLA

A Lens on the Mysteries of the Universe

By Brad Balukjian

A new gravitational lens sheds light on dark matter.

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Mussels Inspire New Surgical Glue

By Brad Balukjian

Superglue can save lives.

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Breaking It Down on Plastics Recycling

By Nathalia Alcantara

Berkeley researchers develop a breakthrough chemical process to vaporize plastics.

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Wearables That Wake You

By Pat Joseph

These are not your average earbuds.

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Keeping It Cool in a Whole New Way

By Pat Joseph

This ice-free freezing technique could help save lives and the planet.

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To Infinity (Err, Umm, the Moon) and Beyond

By Geoff Koch

NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg Ph.D. ’13 on life in space and why returning humans to the Moon matters.

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Fuzzy Logic, Boxed Salad, and No-Fault Divorce

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

Even more things you never knew came from Cal.

An aerial view of geothermal power plants among the farmland around the southern shore of the Salton Sea. Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

California’s Salton Sea Could be the Mother Lode of Lithium

By Glen Martin

It’s good news for EVs, but what will it mean for the local community? 

Berkeley Space Center trellis rendering / Field Operations and HOK

To Silicon Valley and Beyond!

By Glen Martin

Since its founding in 1930, Moffett Field has had multiple incarnations. Now, it’s poised for another role: the Berkeley Space Center.