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  • 8/6/2019 Berkeley Science Review 20 - Contents

    1/22 Berkeley Science Review Spring 2011

    14 Reading between the genesCharting a course through the dark genomeby Azeen Ghorayshi

    21 Baby labHow we learn to learnby Jacqueline Chretien

    26 Drowning in mudScientists confront an ongoing eruptionby Keith Cheveralls

    44 Murky watersScience, money, and the battle over atrazineby Sisi Chen and Mark DeWitt

    53 Perchance to dreamUncovering the role of the unconscious mindby Naomi Ondrasek

    60 Access grantedUnlocking the scientific literatureby Jacques Bothma

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    2011 Berkeley Science Review. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without the express permission of the publishers. Financial assistance for the 2010-2011 academic year was generously provided by the Office of the

    Chancellor of Research, the UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly (GA), the Associated Students of the Universit y of California (ASUC), and the Eran Karmo n Memorial Fund. Berkeley Science Reviewis not an official public ation of the University of California, B erkeley, the ASUC, th

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator y. The views expressed herein are the views of the writers and not necessarily the v iews of the aforementioned organizations. All events sponsored by the BSR are wheelchair accessible. For more information emailsciencereview@gmLetters to the editor andstory proposalsare encouraged and should be emailed [email protected] posted to the Berkeley Scien ce Review, 10 Eshleman Hall #4500, Berkeley, CA 94720. Advertisers:[email protected] visitsciencereview.berke

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    2/2Spring 2011 3Berkeley Science Review

    1 From the Editor

    4 LabscopesTouchy feelyby Mohan Ganesh

    The sight of sound

    by Monica Smith

    Wireless water

    by Sharmistha Majumdar

    Winey pests

    by Molly Sharlach

    66 Faculty profileMina Bissellby Adrienne Greene

    68 Book reviewKids FirstProfessor David L. Kirp

    by Joseph Williams

    69 ToolboxInformation theoryby Robert Gibboni

    Spring 2011 Issue 20

    COVER: Histone proteins (yellow), the spools around which DNA (green) is wrapped, arecritical for turning genes on and off. The modENCODE project is generating genome-wide

    maps of dynamic chemical marks (red) on the histones to uncover the rules that allow ananimal to develop from a single cell.

    6 Sun stormsModeling solar phenomenaby Alireza Moharrer

    8 Whats the antimatter?Probing the origins of theuniverse with antihydrogen

    by Denia Djokic

    9 Hormonal hassleHow stress can hurt your sex driveby Michael Cianfrocco

    10 Its a bird... its aplane... its a robot!Machines that fly themselves

    by Claudia Avalos

    12Smart circuits

    Making electronicsthat remember

    by Chris Holdgraf

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