Experiment attempts to snare a dark energy ‘chameleon’
If dark energy is hiding in our midst in the form of hypothetical particles called “chameleons,” Holger Müller and his ...
Month: August 2015
Wired for habit
We are creatures of habit, nearly mindlessly executing routine after routine. Some habits we feel good about; others, less so. ...
2015 ARWU rankings: Berkeley is world’s top public university
UC Berkeley is again the top public university in the world and is fourth overall in the 2015 Academic Ranking ...
Pursuing charm in a singularly unfeminine profession
“I became a feminist by necessity,” writes Mary K. Gaillard, known simply as Mary K around the UC Berkeley physics ...
Toward smarter selection of therapy for psychiatric disorders
For patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD), current behavioral and pharmaceutical treatments work about half the time. After weeks of ...
Beauty business based on MIT bioengineering
This year Living Proof, a hair care company with MIT roots, celebrates 10 years in business. Now retailing in 33 ...
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Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
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Scientists discover cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
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Researchers uncover life’s power generators in the Earth’s oldest groundwaters
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19
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Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?