A compound found in broccoli and related vegetables may have some health-boosting tricks up its sleeves, according to a new study led by UC Berkeley researchers, including faculty and graduate students in the College of Letters and Science.
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Compound in Broccoli Boosts Your Immune System
Berkeley Gets an Inside Perspective on India
In a recent presentation on campus, a senior executive with one of India’s oldest business conglomerates discussed his country's growing role in the world economy while exploring possible partnerships with U.S. universities and corporations.
Jon Gjerde Appointed Dean of Social Sciences
History professor Jon Gjerde has been appointed permanent dean of the College’s division of Social Sciences. Gjerde has served as interim dean of the division for the past year.
Saul Perlmutter Shares Gruber Cosmology Prize
Physics Professor Saul Perlmutter, along with Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University and the international teams they led, have won the 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their role in the seminal discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Rise of Dinosaurs Not So Rapid After All
Fossils discovered in northern New Mexico show for the first time that dinosaurs and their non-dinosaur ancestors lived side by side for tens of millions of years, disproving the notion that dinosaurs rapidly replaced their supposedly outmoded predecessors.
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