Novel Nuclear Reactor (Batteries Included)
The latest nuclear reactor design on the drawing board at UC Berkeley
promises less fuss and muss than today's nuclear power plants. The
key to the safer and more user-friendly reactor is a self-contained
nuclear heat source that only needs to be changed every 20 years.
LED There Be Light
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Bright ideas in nanotechnology at UC Berkeley are helping usher in a new age of environmentally-friendly, inexpensive, and innovative forms of illumination. Based on technology similar to the ubiquitous red Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) found everywhere from alarm clocks to car stereos, the new generation of solid-state lighting devices are set to replace traditional incandescent bulbs for many applications.
Buy Low, Sell High, Model First
As any Wall Street gambler can attest, Yogi Bera was spot on when he said that the hardest thing to predict is the future. While a computational crystal ball remains a pipe dream, UC Berkeley professor Andrew Lim is betting that a form of mathematical analysis traditionally used for the likes of air traffic control and Web server design could enable investors to make wiser decisions.
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Browsing Art Collections, Bit by Bit
Losing yourself in an art gallery can be rewarding. But if you're seeking a particular subject matter, browsing can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. To help navigate the sprawling art landscape, computer science professor David Forsyth and his graduate students are integrating computer vision technology with natural language processing to create visual summaries of massive art collections available online.
2002: The Rededication of the Hearst Memorial Mining Building
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