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High-Protein Nobels

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

List of Cal-connected laureates grows by four

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.

Tampons, Toxins, Taboo

By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22

A Berkeley researcher takes on harmful metals in women's products.

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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.

The Motion Scientist

By Pat Joseph

Five Questions with Victor Ortega Jiménez, Assistant Professor in Integrative Biology

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The Edge Episode 26: Psychedelics with Gül Dölen

Octopuses and humans have very little in common, but there’s one surprising thing we do seem to share: MDMA makes us both a lot cuddlier.

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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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Neanderthal-Human Overlap

By Katherine Blesie

What 45,000-year-old bones reveal about the earliest history of modern humans

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Mother of Neutrino Detectors

By Glen Martin

Berkeley physicists build a new device to detect one of the universe’s most elusive particles.