The woman had been missing for six months, with no clue to her whereabouts. Now police had found her car, and it was covered with what looked like blood splatters, blood trails, and a bullet hole. William Clark and Evanney Salisi went to work analyzing the clues. They looked at the pattern of the blood [...]
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Berkeley Lab reaches out to its city’s community
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is determined to be a good neighbor and, under director Paul Alivisatos, it has launched a number of initiatives to stay in close communication with Berkeley residents. A recently formed Community Advisory Group is holding meetings every two months with the public to provide information on the Lab’s physical planning and [...]
Berkeley scientist advises on clean-up in gulf oil spill
By Jane Tierney A Berkeley scientist who is advising British Petroleum is cautioning against the use of too many detergents to clean up the vast oil spill in the gulf. Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and a leading bioremediation expert, is advising authorities that using detergents to clean [...]
Berkeley chemist wins $500,000 prize
Carolyn Bertozzi (right), who holds appointments in both chemistry and molecular and cell biology at Berkeley, has won the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Prize for “her pioneering inventions in the field of biotechnology”. The $500,000 prize has been dubbed the “Oscar for inventors”, and is awarded to outstanding mid-career inventors “who have developed a patented product or [...]
The 83-year old rock star professor at Cal
Marian Diamond is a rock star of UC Berkeley. At 83, with her hair swept up in a chignon and always elegantly dressed, Diamond’s classes on Integrative Biology routinely draw more than 750 students. But that is not the source of her popularity. She is a rock star because she has gone viral. Diamond’s lectures [...]
It took the German Chancellor three days to get home from Berkeley
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the Lawrence Berkeley Lab last Thursday morning, she thought she would end the day by flying back home. She didn’t reach Germany until Sunday. Like millions of people, Merkel’s travel plans were disrupted by the huge cloud of volcanic ash that has spread across northern Europe. The ash cloud [...]
Tight security = Head of state at Berkeley
All that extra security in Berkeley today was for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who visited the Berkeley Lawrence Lab on her swing through the Bay Area. There are more than 100 German staff scientists and postdoctoral students working at Berkeley Lab, and Merkel planned to take a photo with them. She probably kept up her [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 4.14.10
Bay Area News Group wins top journalism award for East Bay expose [Coco Times] Police misconduct allegations after student arrest at car crash [Daily Cal] On location for Aurora’s “John Gabriel Borkman” [Stark Silver Creek] Berkeley Lab scientists create “molecular paper” [E Science News] Center for Investigative Reporting wins $440K community health grant [SF Biz [...]
Berkeley Lab measures its economic impact
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory generated 5,600 jobs and $446.5 million in personal income, and contributed $690 million to the Bay Area’s economy in 2009, according to an economic impact study prepared by CBRE Consulting of San Francisco. The same study concludes that Berkeley Lab was responsible for creating more than 12,000 jobs nationally. The [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 3.31.10
Berkeley pier (above): once led to ferry, now to fish [SF Chronicle] Berkeley hit and run driver injures one, destroys two cars [Berkeley Voice] Lawrence Berkeley Lab to build new research facility with $18m grant [SF Biz Times] Credit card skimming scam suspected in Berkeley [SF Chronicle] Berkeley climber tells of stranded partner on Mount [...]
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