Robert Sanders
UC Berkeley News
Berkeley, CA, United States
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Fleshing out the bones of Quetzalcoatlus, Earth’s largest flier ever
70 million-year-old fossils reveal unique walking behavior of this huge, heron-like pterosaur with a 40-foot wingspan → Read More
Breakthrough in eliminating dengue, other mosquito-borne diseases
Release of mosquitoes infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia slashes transmission of dengue by more than 75% → Read More
UC Berkeley scientists spin up a robotic COVID-19 testing lab
More than 50 UC and local volunteers will process patient samples to provide results in less than 24 hours. → Read More
Merging old and new microscopy yields best 3D view yet inside cells
Combining electron and super-resolution microscopy, scientists show how proteins relate to cells’ fine structure → Read More
66 million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor
Fossil site preserves animals killed within minutes of meteor impact → Read More
Drug sponge could minimize side effects of cancer treatment
Absorbent polymer sops up chemotherapy drugs from bloodstream after treatment → Read More
Evidence supporting EPA’s obligation to regulate greenhouse gases stronger than ever
Scientists detail increasing evidence that human-caused climate change is endangering U.S. health and welfare, justifying EPA’s endangerment finding → Read More
New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor era
Quantum materials, so-called mutliferroics, are promising candidates for new type of memory and logic circuits → Read More
Black holes ruled out as universe’s missing dark matter
A statistical analysis says that black holes can make up no more than 40 percent of dark matter, the strongest limit yet → Read More
Gut bacteria’s shocking secret: They produce electricity
Electrogenic ability may be important in how bacteria infect humans, or in how they ferment cheese and yogurt → Read More
Only at Cal: New class teaches undergrads how to ‘CRISPR’
Where better to learn about CRISPR gene editing than the place where it was born? UC Berkeley. → Read More
Fertilizer destroys plant microbiome’s ability to protect against disease
As the first defense against infection, the leaf’s community of microbes is key to the health of the plant → Read More
What we inherited from our bug-eating ancestors
Most mammals have one or more genes allowing them to digest the crunchy parts of insects, suggesting that our common ancestor in the Age of Dinosaurs was an insect eater → Read More
New structure of tau protein, a key player in Alzheimer’s disease
Cryo-EM provides detailed information on the normal interaction between tau protein and the microtubule and how alterations can make tau fall off and contribute to brain degeneration → Read More
Radar reveals details of mountain collapse after North Korea’s most recent nuclear test
Using synthetic aperture radar and seismic measurements, scientists determined that the underground nuclear explosion lowered the mountain 20 inches → Read More
Reconnection tames the turbulent magnetic fields around Earth
Combining synthetic aperture radar with seismic measurements, geophysicists determine that Sept. 3 nuclear test pushed mountain surface outward up to 11 feet and left it 20 inches shorter → Read More
Pioneering data science tool — Jupyter — receives top software prize
The Association of Computing Machinery gave its 2018 software award to a project that evolved from Fernando Pérez’s grad-school project → Read More
National Academy of Sciences adds five Berkeley faculty members to its ranks
UC Berkeley has more than 135 faculty members who are members of the National Academy of Sciences → Read More
Editing brain activity with holography
Device projects holographic images into brain to activate dozens of neurons at once, simulating real patterns of activity that fool the brain into perceiving things that aren’t there → Read More
Flash-in-the-pan supernovas explained
New observations confirm UC Berkeley model of unusual supernova created when stellar material collides with shell sloughed off earlier → Read More