Scientists have analyzed a pea-sized piece of a 4.57 billion years old meteorite to reconstruct the history of its formation, providing evidence that dust particles like this one experienced wildly varying environments during the planet-forming years of our solar system.
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Reading the History of a 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite
Is Earth on the Brink of Its Sixth Mass Extinction?
In a new study in the journal Nature, UC Berkeley scientists assess where mammals and other species stand today in terms of possible extinction compared with the past 540 million years. They find cause for hope as well as alarm.
Meditation Best at Harmonizing Body and Mind
How Kleopatra Got its Moons
The asteroid Kleopatra, like its namesake, gave birth to twins – two moons probably spawned by the asteroid in the past 100 million years. In the February issue of the journal Icarus, a team of astronomers, including Berkeley's Franck Marchis, report the discovery and confirm reports that the asteroid is shaped like a dog bone.
Two L&S Faculty Members Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
Per-Olof Persson, an assistant professor of mathematics, and David F. Savage, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, are among the four faculty members from UC Berkeley who have been awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships. The winners receive a $50,000 grants to pursue any line of research they choose.
Professor Elizabeth Abel Explores the "Visual Politics" of Segregation
In the mid 1960s, landmark laws brought an official end to the system of legal segregation known as Jim Crow. In her new book, Professor Elizabeth Abel explores the "visual politics" of a system that shaped experience and perception throughout the American South (and beyond) for nearly a century.
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