Brain Trauma Diagnostics Transformed Using Wireless Signals
University of California, Berkeley New technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley, is using wireless signals to provide real-time, non-invasive diagnoses of brain swelling or bleeding. The device analyzes data from low...
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New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that they have substantial limitations in one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying. (30% versus 25%). The research, published in this week’s International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, was a joint study by the University of Toronto and...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among those elected this year is Glenn H. Hutchins, Co-Founder of Silver Lake. The list of the new members is located at https://www.amacad.org/members.aspx. One of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, the Academy is also a leading...
University of California, Berkeley NASA has awarded the University of California, Berkeley, up to $200 million to build a satellite to determine how Earth’s weather affects weather at the edge of space, in hopes of improving forecasts of extreme “space weather” that can disrupt global positioning satellites (GPS) and radio communications. The satellite mission, called the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), will be designed, built and operated by scientists at UC Berkeley’s...
New electronics teaching lab will foster innovation for future engineers DALLAS and BERKELEY, Calif., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) and the University of California, Berkeley today opened the doors to a state-of-the-art electronics teaching lab. A $2.2 million gift from TI helped transform the existing lab into the Electronics Design Laboratory, designed to encourage ingenuity among undergraduate engineering students. (Photo:...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 20th, 2013, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe and the Mayor of San Francisco, Edwin M. Lee, focusing on the digital economy and smart cities. This agreement strengthens ties between the two cities. The cities of Paris and San Francisco have respectively chosen to support Inria (The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control) and the CITRIS...
Robert J. Birgeneau to Lead American Academy Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced at the University of California, Berkeley, a new initiative - The Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education - to advocate for the importance of public colleges and universities. As key engines of economic growth,...
[ Watch the Video: Good Sleep Equals Good Memory ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A lack of quality, deep sleep could play a vital role in the memory loss sometimes experienced by older men and women, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered. Matthew Walker, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Berkeley, and colleagues discovered that the brain waves generated during slow-wave sleep help move memories from...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The key to enjoying a long, happy, and healthy relationship could be making sure you get enough sleep, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley claim in a new study. In research presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in New Orleans, lead investigator Amie Gordon, a psychologist at the university, and colleagues discovered that sleep deprivation can leave...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Women who are running their households are less likely to seek career advancement or power in the workplace, claims a new study presented Friday at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in New Orleans. According to a team of US researchers, women who are in charge of a family or running the day-to-day operations of their own home are less likely to have the energy or the desire to pursue...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study published in the January edition of the Perspectives of Psychological Science reveals the impact of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) over the last 20 years, and argues that there are some issues that remain unclear. To begin, fMRI has been used to evaluate real-time brain activity. The tool can determine changes in blood flow and help researchers better understand the human brain. Past studies at...
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Berkelium is a synthetic radioactive metallic element. It has the symbol Bk and the atomic number 97. It is an actinoid found in the actinide series (which includes actinium). Berkelium was first synthesized by bombarding americium with helium ions. It was named after the University of California, Berkeley. This was the fifth transuranic element to be synthesized. This silvery metal easily oxidizes in air at elevated temperatures and is readily dissolvable in mineral acids. Berkelium was...
