Researchers at UC Berkeley have managed to use an electric field to herd a flock of cells. At the moment, It’s still a very blunt tool, but the scientists hope it can be refined and used to help wounds heal. This is an exciting step in the direction of “smart bandages” — using an electrical … Read more
Landing an unmanned robot on another planet can be quite a feat and can end up being quite a complex process. Scientists want to make this process easier but also allow us to explore worlds that are currently too difficult to land on. UC Berkeley professor Alice Agogino is working with doctoral students to build what … Read more
[Listen to Robert Levenson’s full interview with Science Today.] Love can be a battlefield. So what makes a successful relationship? Psychologist Robert Levenson (known for his work on the “marry me” gene) and his team at UC Berkeley had a hunch that the key to a relationship’s stability was the ability to deal with conflict. So … Read more
UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs have discovered a total of 22 elements on the periodic table. Scientific American just recently published a great interactive version of the periodic table of elements. When clicking on each element the user can learn obscure facts about each element’s discovery. “Berkelium” reads: In 1950 The New Yorker … Read more