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Birthday bash to celebrate laser inventor Charles Townes’ 99th

UC Berkeley

July 22, 2014

UC Berkeley professor won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the laser.

Aiming at glass ceiling, but not with her jump shot

Former UCLA basketball player Natalie Nakase aspires to be the NBA's first female head coach.

New York Times

Aiming at glass ceiling, but not with her jump shot

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Low-income students in high-performing schools less likely to engage in risky behaviors

UCLA

July 22, 2014

A new UCLA-led study suggests that a higher quality educational environment may help improve health outcomes.

The facts behind science fiction

UC Irvine

July 21, 2014

With Comic-Con looming, UC Irvine professor says our fascination with superheroes provides fertile ground for teaching fundamentals of physics.

This is your brain on drugs

UC Santa Barbara

July 21, 2014

With a $1 million award from the Keck Foundation, scientists at UC Santa Barbara will research who could be more vulnerable to addiction.

Tiny laser sensor heightens bomb detection sensitivity

UC Berkeley

July 21, 2014

New technology under development at UC Berkeley could soon give bomb-sniffing dogs some serious competition.

New UC program helps high school students bridge gap to college

SummerUp targets students who fall short of meeting UC and CSU admissions criteria by only one course.

Catching grease to cut grill pollution

UC Riverside

July 21, 2014

Students design tray that when placed under grill grates cuts harmful emissions from one pollutant by 70 percent.

Neural implants may hold key to unlocking brain's mysteries

Livermore Lab scientists are devising advanced implants to combat post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and chronic pain or addiction.

San Jose Mercury News

Neural implants may hold key to unlocking brain's mysteries

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Inventor's projects serve the neediest

UC Newsroom

July 23, 2014

Berkeley Lab's Ashok Gadgil puts engineering to work for humanity.

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