Brett Israel
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Researchers create a protein ‘mat’ that can soak up pollution
The mats could one day be used in war zones to decontaminate chemical weapons. → Read More
Earthquake expert Stephen Mahin passes away at 71
Professor Emeritus Stephen Mahin was pioneering researcher in the seismic safety of large structures. → Read More
100 million dead trees in the Sierra are a massive risk for unpredictable wildfires
Trees killed by the drought have created potential fuel for future fires — and a big challenge for forest and safety managers → Read More
Tigers cling to survival in Sumatra’s increasingly fragmented forests
Deforestation threatens to erase recent conservation efforts to save endangered cats → Read More
UC Berkeley taps former National Park Service director to lead new parks institute
Jonathan Jarvis, former director of the National Park Service, will lead the new Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity → Read More
Study: Gun deaths, injuries in California spike following Nevada gun shows
The results suggest that travel to less-restrictive states may threaten the effectiveness of firearm laws within California → Read More
Fever in early pregnancy linked to birth defects, animal study shows
Fever itself, not its cause, alters development of heart and jaw from three to eight weeks pregnancy → Read More
Shafi Goldwasser appointed director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
The Turing Award-winning computer scientist will lead exploration of the limits of computation. → Read More
CRISPR-Gold fixes Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation in mice
Gold nanoparticles help deliver gene-editing tools inside cells to correct a genetic mutation that causes muscle wasting → Read More
In Berkeley’s new undergrad startup class, students learn to build the future
Two computer science students have created a new startup DeCal class, called “How to Build the Future,” featuring talks from world-renowned entrepreneurs → Read More
In a step toward fighting human trafficking, sex ads are linked to Bitcoin data
A Berkeley Ph.D. candidate in computer science has built algorithms that analyze public information from Bitcoin to ID human trafficking rings. → Read More
Hidden Berkeley: Inside the Lawson mine shaft
UC Berkeley’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs was recently given a behind-the-scenes tour of the mine, a rare glimpse at the campus’s mining history — follow along → Read More
Noise pollution loudest in black neighborhoods, segregated cities
Study is the first to examine racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in noise pollution nationally → Read More