Lithium-based batteries use more than 50 percent of all cobalt produced in the world. These batteries are in your cell phone, laptop and maybe even your car. About 50 percent of the […]
New Technology Could Wean The Battery World Off Cobalt
Brain’s Hippocampus Helps Fill In The Blanks Of Language
A new study shows that when you finish your spouse’s sentences or answer a fill-in-the-blank question, you’re engaging the brain’s relay station for memories, an area that until now was largely neglected […]
Preventing Sperm’s ‘Power Kick’ Could Be Key To Unisex Contraceptive
Berkeley biologists have discovered the switch that triggers the power kick sperm use to penetrate and fertilize a human egg, uncovering a possible source of male infertility but also a potential target […]
Berkeley Emeritus Discovers New Cantata By George Frideric Handel
A visit by Dutch conductor and early music specialist Ton Koopman to practice on an organ at a San Francisco church has led to the discovery of a new Handel cantata by […]
Will Computers Ever Truly Understand What We’re Saying?
From Apple’s Siri to Honda’s robot Asimo, machines seem to be getting better and better at communicating with humans. But some neuroscientists caution that today’s computers will never truly understand what we’re saying […]
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