Berkeley Science Review

This week's featured article: Train Your Brain
Katie Hart describes new research at UC Berkeley showing how many mental activities--including, yes, games, can help boost your brain power.

Read this and many other articles from our newest issue!


Photosynthesis Illuminating alternatives for solar energy research
Zap! Magnets trip up brain function
Green Chemistry Chemists clean up their act
Funding the Future The HHMI contributes millions to Berkeley research
Lab on a Chip Tiny technologies offer big possibilities
Peering into the Past How archaeology informs our modern lives
Spam Grows Up The increasing threat of internet abuse

Issue 16 Labscopes
Sticky Fingers
Looking for Bosons
Hotwired
Mars in Your Backyard
Look Both Ways

Issue 16 Departments
Who Knew?
Book Review: Born to Be Good

Issue 16 Briefs
Fishy Physics
Battle of the Bugs
Train Your Brain
Poo Power
Reaching Out

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Issue 16 is here!
The Spring 2009 issue has arrived. Look for it around campus, or pick up a copy in the ASUC Pub. center in the basement of Eshleman Hall. If you still can't get enough, check out the articles online!

New from the BSR Blog:

May 3 Best Publication award, 2008

Last week I was honored to receive the award for Best Publication of the Year from the Associated Students of UC Berkeley. [read on...]

April 6 A Great Year for Astronomy

Astronomers have been in the news recently thanks to the exciting launch on Friday of the Kepler space telescope, which will search for Earth-like planets within our Galaxy. But you’re likely to see astronomy in the news throughout the year, since 2009 has been designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations. [read on...]

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