http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 15 May 2012 23:07:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/google-ceo-to-graduates-the-future-doesnt-just-happen/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/google-ceo-to-graduates-the-future-doesnt-just-happen/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:50:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30499 Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, a 1982 Berkeley graduate, served as keynote speaker at Saturday's 2012 UC Berkeley commencement and told graduating seniors: The future doesn't just happen; it's all about what you do. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/google-ceo-to-graduates-the-future-doesnt-just-happen/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:18:42 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30485 Scientists at UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab have harnessed the electricity-generating capabilities of viruses, a development that could lead to pocket power plants for mobile devices. When researchers applied pressure to a generator made up of engineered M13 bacteria-eating viruses, they were able to produce enough current to equal a quarter the voltage of a triple A battery.]]> http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/floating-sensors-track-delta-water-flow/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/floating-sensors-track-delta-water-flow/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:55:33 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28077 A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River on May 9, in a field test organized by UC Berkeley engineers. The devices, equipped with GPS-enabled smartphones, demonstrated the next generation of water-monitoring technology, promising to transform the way government agencies track one of the state's most precious resources. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/floating-sensors-track-delta-water-flow/feed/ 0 http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/stories/2012/05/big-ideas.html http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/stories/2012/05/big-ideas.html#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:50:54 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29647 At the annual Big Ideas competition in CITRIS, students vied for $45,000 in prize money. This year, students won the top $20,000 prize for Politify, an online tool that allows voters to see how the platforms of the presidential candidates will affect their lives and the federal government. Other prizes went to a pen that helps autistic children write and a technology for spotting diabetes earlier.]]> http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/stories/2012/05/big-ideas.html/feed/ 0 http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:55:20 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29632 Roboticists in Ghana and at UC Berkeley this week launched AFRON, the African Robotics Network, an initiative to enhance robotics education, research and industry in Africa. Co-founder is professor Ken Goldberg, a fellow with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).]]> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/simons-institute-for-the-theory-of-computing/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/simons-institute-for-the-theory-of-computing/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 12:00:11 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27377 The Simons Foundation has awarded a landmark $60 million grant to UC Berkeley to establish a theory of computing institute that promises to catalyze new advances in broad disciplines that affect our everyday lives, from how we spend our money to how we fight disease. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/simons-institute-for-the-theory-of-computing/feed/ 0 http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2012/STC-WebAppContest-winners http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2012/STC-WebAppContest-winners#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:22:54 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29347 The votes are in for the Student Technology Council's 2nd annual web app competition, showcasing new software "for students, by students." CalChat took the $3,000 grand prize, as well as the People's Choice Award; Telebears Oracle and CalUtil took second and third.]]> http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2012/STC-WebAppContest-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.osa.org/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/releases/04.2012/solar-cell-that-also-shines.aspx http://www.osa.org/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/releases/04.2012/solar-cell-that-also-shines.aspx#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:55:53 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29305 UC Berkeley engineers have demonstrated that when flatplate solar cells emit light particles, there is a big boost in voltage and efficiency. Their prototype cell was able to convert a record 28.6 percent of the Sun's energy into electricity. The Berkeley team will present its findings at the Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO: 2012), to be held May 6-11 in San Jose, Calif. ]]> http://www.osa.org/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/releases/04.2012/solar-cell-that-also-shines.aspx/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/cal-energy-corps-interns-prep-for-summer/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/cal-energy-corps-interns-prep-for-summer/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26711 Some 32 Berkeley undergraduates will spend up to 12 weeks working on sustainability projects in the Bay Area and across nine far-flung countries. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/cal-energy-corps-interns-prep-for-summer/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/pre-graduationjob-fair/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/pre-graduationjob-fair/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:00:24 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28369 This week’s pre-graduation job fair at UC Berkeley promises to be upbeat, with scores of recruiters coming to the campus, and a new national survey showing that employers expect to hire 10 percent more college graduates this year than they did in 2011.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/pre-graduationjob-fair/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/uc-berkeley-passes-management-of-allen-telescope-array-to-sri/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/uc-berkeley-passes-management-of-allen-telescope-array-to-sri/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:10:00 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27100 After operating the Hat Creek Radio Observatory for more than 50 years, and most recently partnering with the SETI Institute to build the Allen Telescope Array, UC Berkeley is handing over management to SRI International, which will operate the observatory for the U.S. Air Force. The telescope will track space debris and continue to search for signs of intelligent civilizations.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/uc-berkeley-passes-management-of-allen-telescope-array-to-sri/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:44:05 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28396 Coffee production is an $80 billion industry worldwide, yet rural coffee farmers struggle to break even. Three Berkeley grad students — two from the I School and a third from Haas — have founded the social venture Acopio ("harvest" in Spanish), using information-management tools to help improve the bottom line for coffee producers in the developing world.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio/feed/ 0 http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2012/STC-WebAppContest http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2012/STC-WebAppContest#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:54:25 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28373 A web application to assist in buying and selling textbooks and another that helps Berkeley students locate nearby places to study are just two of the student-designed apps in the Student Technology Council's second annual People's Choice Contest. Members of the campus community are invited to vote until 10 p.m. April 17. ]]> http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Apr-May2012/STC-WebAppContest/feed/ 0 http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=16448 http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=16448#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:06:52 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28220 Susan Marqusee, a professor of molecular and cell biology and director of the Berkeley branch of QB3 (California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences) has received the William C. Rose Award of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She was recognized for her studies of protein structure and for her encouragement of the next generation of scientists.]]> http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=16448/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:40:07 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26045 Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. But a Berkeley social-welfare professor has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed out, isolated and alone.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/06/mypower-goes-live-to-encourage-cuts-energy-use/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/06/mypower-goes-live-to-encourage-cuts-energy-use/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:42:48 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27619 Starting this week, everyone who works, teaches or studies at UC Berkeley can see exactly how much electricity their building is using right now, in real time, on their computer. myPower at Berkeley, with live connections to 57 campus buildings, is part of the campus’s ongoing efforts to reduce energy use. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/06/mypower-goes-live-to-encourage-cuts-energy-use/feed/ 0 http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-lead-10-million-project-computer-assisted-programming http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-lead-10-million-project-computer-assisted-programming#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:39:45 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27960 UC Berkeley engineers, led by computer scientist Ras Bodik, will join the University of Pennsylvania and seven other research institutions in a project to make computer programming faster, easier and more intuitive. Dubbed ExCAPE, the project is led by Penn and funded by a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program. ]]> http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-lead-10-million-project-computer-assisted-programming/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/african-americans-blogging/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/african-americans-blogging/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:00:08 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27700 The blogging community is more racially diverse than one might think. Internet-connected African Americans are more likely to blog than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to new research from UC Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/african-americans-blogging/feed/ 0 http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/03/30/female-founders-to-watch-from-uc-berkeley/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/03/30/female-founders-to-watch-from-uc-berkeley/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:39:07 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27727 While Stanford University sits in the heart of the Silicon Valley, UC Berkeley has been quietly delivering promising women entrepreneurs as well, and Forbes has posted a list of investors and founders of tech startups of note. ]]> http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/03/30/female-founders-to-watch-from-uc-berkeley/feed/ 0 http://www.news10.net/news/article/187497/2/Humans-a-major-source-of-indoor-bacteria-UC-researchers-find http://www.news10.net/news/article/187497/2/Humans-a-major-source-of-indoor-bacteria-UC-researchers-find#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:02:59 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27715 Just by walking into a room, the average human adds 37 million bacteria to the air for every hour he or she remains there, according to research by scientists at UC Berkeley and Yale. Humans are responsible for nearly one-fifth of all bacteria and fungi measured in a room. ]]> http://www.news10.net/news/article/187497/2/Humans-a-major-source-of-indoor-bacteria-UC-researchers-find/feed/ 0