Spring 2013

From the Editor

On worms, genes, jellyfish, and science’s quest for eternal life
On worms, genes, jellyfish, and science’s quest for eternal life
A researcher’s death spurs an overhaul of safety at the UCs
A researcher’s death spurs an overhaul of safety at the UCs
New computers resolve clouds while keeping cool
New computers resolve clouds while keeping cool
Piecing together a sustainable food system
Piecing together a sustainable food system
Taking a census of the body’s bacterial tenants
Taking a census of the body’s bacterial tenants
How CERN’s greatest triumph could be the beginning — or end — of modern physics
How CERN’s greatest triumph could be the beginning — or end — of modern physics

Big Trees, Big Trouble

Redwoods jeopardized by coastal drought

Healthy Squeeze

Breast cancer yields under pressure

Running a MOOC

BerkeleyX educates the masses

Straight Dope

Solar cells where electric fields rush in

The UrbanSim City

Drafting next generation neighborhoods

Tipping Point

Campanile probe illuminates the nanoscale

A Foggy Future

Aloha, Evolution!

Lego My Microscope

Movin’ On Up

From the Field – Flight of the Sunflower Bee

Fluorescent dyes illuminate crop pollination

Toolbox – Global Climate Models

Lydia Sohn

Physicist, biologist, whistleblower


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