Researchers use nanophotonics for optical look inside living cells
An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, [...]
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Poor are quicker to show compassion
Emotional differences between the rich and poor, as depicted in such Charles Dickens classics as “A Christmas Carol” and “A [...]
Herbicide spurs reproductive problems in many animals
An international team of researchers has reviewed the evidence linking exposure to atrazine – an herbicide widely used in the [...]
Report offers framework for evaluating D.C. school reform efforts, along with first impressions
WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Research Council offers a framework for evaluating the effects of a 2007 reform law on the District of Columbia’s public schools. The evaluation program must include systematic yearly public reporti…
Just like cars, developmental genes have more than 1 way to stop
EAST LANSING, Mich. — There’s more than one way to silence gene activity, according to a Michigan State University researcher.
Downregulating activity is how healthy genes should shift out of their development cycle. The results, published in t…
Meditation beats dance for harmonizing body and mind
The body is a dancer’s instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study from the University of [...]
T. rex more hyena than lion
The ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex has been depicted as the top dog of the Cretaceous, ruthlessly stalking herds of duck-billed dinosaurs and claiming the role of apex predator, much as the lion reigns supreme in the African veld.
But a new censu…
In online dating, blacks more open to romancing whites than vice versa
Has Valentine’s Day become post-racial? Not yet, it seems.
New research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that when it comes to dating, cyberspace is as segregated as the real world. Data gathered from more than 1 million profi…
Chinks in the brain circuitry make some more vulnerable to anxiety
Why do some people fret over the most trivial matters while others remain calm in the face of calamity? Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified two different chinks in our brain circuitry that explain why some of us ar…
Engineers grow nanolasers on silicon, pave way for on-chip photonics
Berkeley — Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to grow nanolasers directly onto a silicon surface, an achievement that could lead to a new class of faster, more efficient microprocessors, as well as to powerful …
GRIN plasmonics
They said it could be done and now they’ve done it. What’s more, they did it with a GRIN. A team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berke…
Polymer membranes with molecular-sized channels that assemble themselves
Many futurists envision a world in which polymer membranes with molecular-sized channels are used to capture carbon, produce solar-based fuels, or desalinating sea water, among many other functions. This will require methods by which such membr…
Possible missing link between young and old galaxies
University of California, Berkeley, astronomers may have found the missing link between gas-filled, star-forming galaxies and older, gas-depleted galaxies typically characterized as “red and dead.”
In a poster to be presented this week at t…
Major advance in MRI allows much faster brain scans
An international team of physicists and neuroscientists has reported a breakthrough in magnetic resonance imaging that allows brain scans more than seven times faster than currently possible.
In a paper that appeared Dec. 20 in the journal PLo…
Research shows that environmental factors limit species diversity
It’s long been accepted by biologists that environmental factors cause the diversity — or number — of species to increase before eventually leveling off. Some recent work, however, has suggested that species diversity continues instead of entering…
Scientists take plasmon lasers out of deep freeze
Berkeley — Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a new technique that allows plasmon lasers to operate at room temperature, overcoming a major barrier to practical utilization of the technology.
The achieveme…
Emotional intelligence peaks as we enter our 60s, research suggests
Older people have a hard time keeping a lid on their feelings, especially when viewing heartbreaking or disgusting scenes in movies and reality shows, psychologists have found. But they’re better than their younger counterparts at seeing the positiv…
First measurement of magnetic field in Earth’s core
A University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist has made the first-ever measurement of the strength of the magnetic field inside Earth’s core, 1,800 miles underground.
The magnetic field strength is 25 Gauss, or 50 times stronger than the magne…
