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A New Dimension for Videoconferencing
Three-dimensional videophones are usually lumped into the category of science fiction, technology that's rooted more in The Jetsons than in reality. Not for much longer though. UC Berkeley researchers have developed a system that adds depth to today's teleconferencing software without requiring the user to wear bulky 3-D glasses.
Room to Breathe
Everyone knows that secondhand smoke stinks. But what is the real impact on the eleven percent of the U.S. population, the 31 million Americans living with people who puff in the house? UC Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering professor William Nazaroff and Brett Singer, a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), are studying the science of cigarette smoke to better grasp the scale of the problem. Careful analysis of air contaminants could help identify ways to reduce the health risks for people whose housemates won't kick the habit.
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Engineering Life
If you could snap together genes, proteins, and cells like Tinkertoys to build complex systems that don't already exist in nature, what would you build? UC Berkeley researchers have no shortage of ideas. For example, a microbial "factory" that produces an antimalarial drug could cut the cost of pills from dollars to dimes, saving millions of lives every year. How about microrganisms that glow red in the presence of certain environmental contaminants and digest the toxins?
2004: Groundbreaking for the Molecular Foundry, a global hub for nanoscale science and engineering
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