http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/19/phytoestrogens-may-affect-behavior/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/19/phytoestrogens-may-affect-behavior/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:00:30 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33388 Male red colobus monkeys that ate more of an estrogen-containing plant not only had higher levels of the hormones estradiol and cortisol in their systems, they were more aggressive, had more sex and groomed less. The finding that the consumption of plant-based hormones may have affected primate behavior suggests that it could have played an important role in primate evolution. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/19/phytoestrogens-may-affect-behavior/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/scientists-core-into-clear-lake-to-explore-past-climate-change/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/scientists-core-into-clear-lake-to-explore-past-climate-change/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 16:15:08 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23523 One of the oldest lakes in the world, Clear Lake has deep sediments that contain a record of the climate and local plants and animals going back perhaps 500,000 years. UC Berkeley scientists are drilling cores from the sediments to explore this history and fine-tune models for predicting the fate of today's flora and fauna in the face of global warming and pressure from a growing human population.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/scientists-core-into-clear-lake-to-explore-past-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/21/cycads-are-not-%e2%80%9cliving-fossils%e2%80%9d-from-dinosaur-age/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/21/cycads-are-not-%e2%80%9cliving-fossils%e2%80%9d-from-dinosaur-age/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:48:58 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=18785 Plants called cycads flourished during the dinosaur era, but unlike the dinosaurs, they survived into the present and have been collected and treasured as "living fossils." A new study by UC Berkeley biologists demolishes that idea. Living cycads are not "fossils" - they evolved only within the past 12 million years.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/21/cycads-are-not-%e2%80%9cliving-fossils%e2%80%9d-from-dinosaur-age/feed/ 0 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/slide%20showimages/ena_slideshow.html http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/slide%20showimages/ena_slideshow.html#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:32:02 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16200 A new slide show from the UC Botanical garden highlights the garden's Eastern North American collection, which offers nostalgic encounters with plants from the past for those who grew up on the East Coast.]]> http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/slide%20showimages/ena_slideshow.html/feed/ 0 http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/News/PressReleases/PressReleases.asp http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/News/PressReleases/PressReleases.asp#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:02:44 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9145 Holly Forbes, curator at the UC Botanical Garden, has won the 2011 Star Award from the Center for Plant Conservation for her work with rare and imperiled plant species. The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate the concern, cooperation and personal investment needed to conserve imperiled native plants. ]]> http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/News/PressReleases/PressReleases.asp/feed/ 0