Spring 2013

From the Editor

By Sebastien Lounis

Features

On worms, genes, jellyfish, and science’s quest for eternal life

Chasing Immortality

On worms, genes, jellyfish, and science’s quest for eternal lifeBy Nikki R. Kong
A researcher’s death spurs an overhaul of safety at the UCs

Risky Business

A researcher’s death spurs an overhaul of safety at the UCsBy Sam Sternberg
New computers resolve clouds while keeping cool

Solving the Sky

New computers resolve clouds while keeping coolBy Anna Lieb
Piecing together a sustainable food system

Thought for Food

Piecing together a sustainable food systemBy Maria Zizka
Taking a census of the body’s bacterial tenants

Swabbing for Science

Taking a census of the body’s bacterial tenantsBy Teresa Lee
How CERN’s greatest triumph could be the beginning — or end — of modern physics

Hunting Down the Higgs

How CERN’s greatest triumph could be the beginning — or end — of modern physicsBy Christopher Smallwood

Briefs

Big Trees, Big Trouble

Redwoods jeopardized by coastal drought

By Allison Kidder

Healthy Squeeze

Breast cancer yields under pressure

By Aaron Harrison

Running a MOOC

BerkeleyX educates the masses

By Sharmistha Majumdar

Straight Dope

Solar cells where electric fields rush in

By Lindsay Glesener

The UrbanSim City

Drafting next generation neighborhoods

By Agnieszka Czeszumska

Tipping Point

Campanile probe illuminates the nanoscale

By Sean Doris

Labscopes

A Foggy Future

By Kaitlin Duffey

Aloha, Evolution!

By Shirali Pandya

Lego My Microscope

By Sebastien Lounis

Movin’ On Up

By Rachel Hood

Other

From the Field – Flight of the Sunflower Bee

Fluorescent dyes illuminate crop pollination

By Hillary Sardiñas

Toolbox – Global Climate Models

By Christopher Ryan

Faculty Profile

Lydia Sohn

Physicist, biologist, whistleblower

By Tom Murray

Book Review

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

By Anna Vlasits

Staff Listing

By Berkeley Science Review